THE LADYBIRD PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1034782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COTTENHAM ASSOCIATED PLAYGROUPS, THE LADYBIRD PLAYGROUP (COTTENHAM)

To enhance the development and education of children by offering appropriate play facilities and training courses and encourage parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups.

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: COTTENHAM

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £191,710, which the trustees note is equivalent to around 7 months of running costs, falling short of their stated policy target of 9 months. The charity reported a net income surplus of £16,327 for the year, supported by charitable activity income of £348,485 and other trading activities, while total expenditure amounted to £341,341.

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 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
• 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
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ladybird Pre-School Cottenham (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Samantha Goldsworthychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jade Ward · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathryn James · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lucy Hartley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samantha Beeby · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

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Government & lottery funding

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