CHELFORD VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1038596 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHELFORD UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP

Pre-school

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE 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 AND BY:(A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS;(C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

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: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £2,212.42 for the eight-month period ending August 2025, with total income of £76,818.77 against expenditure of £74,606.35. The trustees report that the preschool remains in a stable financial position with healthy balances in both its main current account (£54,619.04) and reserve account (£4,194.84).

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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• Ofsted — Chelford Village Pre-School: Good · Ofsted

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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 04/12/2023, 34 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chelford Village Preschool (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Rose Rossiterchair
• Andrew Brady
• Eleanor Turton
• Gemma Jones
• Katherine Booth
• Mardi Kate Brown
• Michelle Cherry Latchford

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BURFORD PRE-SCHOOL.

• BURFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £109k
• LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE income £175k
• HEXTABLE VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL income £209k
• CHESIL BANK PRE-SCHOOL income £49k
• ABBEY PRE-SCHOOL income £148k
• THE VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL (GORSE COVERT) income £148k

Side by side with its peers

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