HAPPY HEDGEHOGS PRE-SCHOOL, TAMESIDE

Registered charity 1037327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST ANNES PLAYGROUP (ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE)

Providing pre school education in the Tameside area particularly but not exclusively to parents in need of such provision.

Objects

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

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 held unrestricted cash funds of £88,006 at the end of the year, exceeding its stated minimum target of £50,000. Per the trustees' report, the charity received £256,039 in Local Authority funding and £29,447 in fees, resulting in a net surplus of £21,640 for the year. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts were prepared in accordance with accounting records and the Charities Act 2011.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

• JUDITH BRAY
• Stuart Ford

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

Operates in: Tameside

Income and spending

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