BROAD OAK PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1041565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROAD OAK PLAYGROUP

Broad Oak Preschool provides nurturing, quality care and education to children between two and five years old. The preschool offers training to dedicated staff in order to offer outstanding provision for local children in this rural area of East Sussex.

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 -IN PRACTICE,BROAD OAK

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 Broad Oak Pre-School finished the year with a surplus of £34,824.21, strengthening its net assets to £56,425.74. The trustees report that the charity remains a going concern and has allocated the surplus to rebuild unrestricted reserves, aiming to cover six months of essential operating costs. While the charity faces challenges such as increased operational costs and systemic underfunding, it maintains financial viability through careful budget management and diverse income streams.

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: 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 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
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sophie Gilbertchair
• Antonia Downes
• Daisy O'Driscoll
• Heather Webb

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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