ROBERTSBRIDGE CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Registered charity 1037723 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROBERTSBRIDGE PLAYGROUP

To provide quality and affordable day care and early years education for pre-school age children. To train and support staff. To work in partnership with other statutory bodies to meet the needs of families with children.

Objects

1) PROVIDE QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE DAY CARE AND EARLY YEARS EDUCATION FOR PRE-SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN LIVING IN ROBERTSBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA2) PROVIDE OUT OF SCHOOL CARE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN LIVING IN ROBERTSBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA3) PROVIDE HOLIDAY CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES FOR ALL LOCAL CHILDREN AGED UNDER 11 YEARS4) TRAIN AND SUPPORT STAFF TO ENABLE THEM TO PROVIDE A QUALITY SERVICE TO LOCAL FAMILIES5) WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER BODIES TO IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF LOCAL FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND TO WORK WITH THOSE BODIES TO SATISFY THOSE NEEDS.

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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Registered contact address: Rother, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £44,794 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £596,950. The trustees report that reserves are retained across four bank accounts, generating investment income of £4,665, and consider that free reserves should be at least three months' revenue expenditure with a goal of six months. Staffing costs increased by 12.6% due to National Minimum Wage and National Insurance rises, which were offset by a 16.9% increase in fee 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: Care Quality Commission; 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Suzanne Elliott Brindlechair
• Alehandrina Hamilton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Francesca Dulley
• Ian-Paul Munday
• Laura Jane Bassett
• TRACEY MASKELL
• Zakariah Vice

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST GREGORY'S PRE-SCHOOL LTD.

• ST GREGORY'S PRE-SCHOOL LTD income £294k
• ROXWELL PRE-SCHOOL LTD income £81k
• ALCONBURY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £114k
• CHILDREN'S EARLY INTERVENTION TRUST income £53k
• RUDGWICK PRE-SCHOOL income £129k
• BOVINGDON PRE-SCHOOL income £95k

Side by side with its peers

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