ORCHARD PARK PRE-SCHOOL (YORK)

Registered charity 1037408 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORCHARD PARK PLAYGROUP (YORK)

Orchard Park Preschool provides childcare to children aged between 2 and 4 year's old. Orchard park preschool thrive's on watching the children develop from small little children to independant young people getting ready to start their next journey to primary school.Orchard Park Preschool is run by professional staff who are all trained to at least a level 3 qualification.

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 preschool is financially sustainable with no concerns, although significant money was paid out for updates during the year. The committee reports high uptake of sessions and notes that a new government childcare scheme has not yet had a dramatic financial impact. There are no disclosed reserves figures, audit reports, or specific financial ratios in the provided text.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Woodchair
• Joanne Louise Leaf · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sarah Smith
• Sylvia Jobling · trustee of 2 other charities
• Verity Grantham

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OAK FARM PRESCHOOL.

• OAK FARM PRESCHOOL income £175k
• LONG OAK PRE-SCHOOL income £138k
• NEW STUDIO PRE-SCHOOL income £212k
• FYLINGDALES PLAYGROUP income £128k
• THE ORCHARD PRE-SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUP income £389k
• STONE CROSS INDEPENDENT PRE-SCHOOL income £233k

Side by side with its peers

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