EARLY YEARS @ LIGHTCLIFFE

Registered charity 1037861 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIGHTCLIFFE UNITED REFORM CHURCH PLAYGROUP, LIGHTCLIFFE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH PLAYGROUP, LIGHTCLIFFE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH PRESCHOOL

The charity is a preschool looking after children between the ages of 2 and 5

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

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 net income of £31,213 for the year, with unrestricted working capital of £175,051 after excluding long-term mortgage liabilities. The trustees report that reserves exceeded their stated policy target range, having built up funds specifically to allow for building works and renovations. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 6 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
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carly Durrans · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Szyczak · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samantha Pearson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Hey

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

Operates in: Calderdale

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 YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL.

• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• GREAT CLACTON PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED income £139k
• SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £290k
• LITTLE LEARNERS PRE SCHOOL income £153k
• COWCLIFFE PRE-SCHOOL income £176k
• Brightwell Pre-School income £144k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.