SHEEPSETTING PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1033177 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHEEPSETTING LANE PLAYGROUP, SHEEPSETTING LANE PRE-SCHOOL GROUP

The Pre-school provides a happy and secure environment for children, through a wide range of play activities, organised by a well-qualified team of staff and supported by the fundraising and management team of the committee. The variety of activities on offer encourages children to develop physical, intellectual, emotional and social skills through play, which help prepare them for school life.

Objects

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

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 that the charity operated at a net deficit of £4,033 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £26,530 to £22,497. The trustees report that despite increasing costs and underfunding, the preschool remains operational with a long waiting list. Their stated aim is to remain affordable and sustainable in a difficult climate.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Verity Clarkchair
• Anna Sophie Vigor
• Emma Jayne Huntley
• Georgina Moat
• Hannah Warren
• JAYNE WILLIAMS
• SAMANTHA IRWIN
• STACY BLAKE
• Tonia Rayner

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).