BROOKSIDE PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1035696 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROOKSIDE PLAYGROUP

We raise funds for new equipment, toys and day trips by means of sponsorship from the parents/carers of the children.

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 AND BY:(A) TO PROVIDE SAFE AND STIMULATING PLAY, EDUCATION, WITH EYFS 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) TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY.

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 free reserves stood at £32,137.29, which the trustees note covers approximately three months of running costs. The charity's principal sources of funds are childcare funding from the local council, fees paid by parents, and small fundraising ventures. The main risks identified are a reduction in admissions and rising running costs such as staffing, rent, and utilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Bradburychair
• Deryn Ruth Flowers
• Georgina Holmes
• Keeley Hempshall
• Osian Abel Flowers
• Sadia Mohammed
• Sarah Richardson
• Victoria Holmes

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

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRESTON BROOK PLAYGROUP.

• PRESTON BROOK PLAYGROUP income £180k
• HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £159k
• SOUTH STREET PRE-SCHOOL income £141k
• BROOK EARLY YEARS income £376k
• NEW BROUGHTON FULL DAY CHILD CARE income £120k
• BARBICAN PRE-SCHOOL income £121k

Side by side with its peers

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