BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (BISHOPS SUTTON)

Registered charity 1031658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP, BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP (ALRESFORD), BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP (BISHOPS SUTTON)

Busy Bees provides high quality child care and learning through play for children aged 2 years and upwards to school age. It provides sessional day care in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income

£103k

Latest spending

£87k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a financially secure position. The trustees aim to maintain a financial safety net equivalent to three months of expenditure to manage short-term issues or unexpected costs. Free reserves held at the period end were £65,080.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (held: £65k)

“We look to maintain 3 months of expenditure in case of emergencies.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jasmine Mitchell
Naomi Jade Bennett
Richard Venn

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£103k	£87k
31/12/2023	£86k	£81k
31/12/2022	£80k	£67k
31/12/2021	£81k	£60k
31/12/2020	£63k	£51k

Common questions

Is BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (BISHOPS SUTTON) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in a financially secure position. The trustees aim to maintain a financial safety net equivalent to three months of expenditure to manage short-term issues or unexpected costs. Free reserves held at the period end were £65,080. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUSY BEES PRESCHOOL (BEMERTON).

BUSY BEES PRESCHOOL (BEMERTON) income £198k
BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (CHAPMANSLADE) income £128k
Busy Bees Ledbury income £198k
BUZY BEES PRE-SCHOOL income £205k
BRAYTON BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL income £186k
BUSY BEES income £196k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (BISHOPS SUTTON)	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUSY BEES PRESCHOOL (BEMERTON) FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (CHAPMANSLADE) FY2024	£128k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Busy Bees Ledbury FY2025	£198k	—	below	—	no doubt
BUZY BEES PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£205k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAYTON BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.