SHIPTON BELLINGER PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1034047 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHIPTON BELLINGER PRE-SCHOOL

Our pre-school aims to provide high quality care & education for children primarily below statutory school age. We follow the early years foundation stage & are registered with Ofsted. We work in partnership with parents to help children to learn & develop & offer children & their parents a service which promotes equality & values diversity. Our preschool adds to the life & well being of our local

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 that the charity had an excess of income over expenditure of £7,659.04 for the year ended 31 August 2025. Free reserves, represented by the balance of accounts and contingency fund, stood at £104,760.17 at the year-end. The filing does not disclose a reserves policy target or any material financial risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

• Tracy Ann Pullenchair
• Connie Anderson
• Katie Lewis
• Nathan Turner
• Rachel Emm
• Richard Lewis
• Yaryma Wilkins

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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• STANNINGTON VILLAGE PLAYGROUP income £143k
• ST JOHN'S PLAYGROUP (BILTON) income £153k
• STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k
• WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k
• ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £238k
• BLETCHLEY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £357k

Side by side with its peers

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