COXHEATH PRESCHOOL GROUP

Registered charity 1032440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COBTREE PLAYGROUP

We are our local preschool giving learning to children from the age 2yrs to 5yrs. We also offer a daily run preschool for the children in the mornings and afternoons 8 sessions a week

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a deficit of £6,485.73 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus of £11,952.40 in the prior year. Total income was £137,940.14 against total expenditure of £144,425.87. The filing was examined by an independent examiner who noted they had not seen the asset register.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Fullerchair
• Dean Newman
• Ellie Smith
• Harriet Newman
• Helen King
• Kirsty Fuller
• Lucy Hegarty
• Nisha Bodiam

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

• HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £198k
• St Richard's CE Preschool income £113k
• COLTISHALL & HORSTEAD PRESCHOOL income £123k
• CAPEL PRE-SCHOOL income £149k
• PRE-SCHOOL 3 4 5 (BEESTON) income £133k
• St Joseph's Pre-School income £130k

Side by side with its peers

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