SAPLINGS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1038172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OLD SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

PRE SCHOOL LEARNINGWe provide sessional care for up to 28 children aged between 2 and five years old, working within the framework of the EYFS and regulated by Ofsted

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 is closing its operations on August 31, 2025, due to unsustainable financial losses and a lack of sufficient funds to continue. Total expenditure for the year significantly exceeded total income, resulting in a near-zero closing balance of £79.55. The trustees report that remaining funds will be transferred to another charity upon closure.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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
• Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kirsty Masters
• Monika Cywoniuk
• Stephanie Jenkins
• TANYA WEST
• Wendy Hart

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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