LITTLE DOLPHINS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1036836 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GODOLPHIN PLAYGROUP

To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups. To offer appropriate play, education, care facilities and training, encouraging the study of the needs of children and their families and to instigate and adhere to the aims of the Preschool Learning Alliance.

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 generated a surplus of £3,582.79 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £99,410.33 and total expenditure of £95,827.54. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £81,284.34 (current and savings accounts) and maintains a policy of reviewing savings to cover potential redundancy costs. The charity is described as thriving and at full capacity, with government funding forming the main source of income.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joshua Seager-Gibbschair
• Emma Hall
• Emma Sparks
• Hannah Angove
• Laura Pascoe
• Natasha Thomas
• Tamsyn Pascoe

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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