ST. PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1041945 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUSY BEES, ST PETER'S BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL, ST. PETER'S PLAYGROUP

St peters Busy Bees Pre-school is based in Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent. The Pre-school registers children from the age of 2 years to school age. It is a charity run organisation and is run by a committee of parents with a Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer. Fundraising forms a major part of the Pre-school funds and these events are organised by the committee.

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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Latest income

£105k

Latest spending

£90k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity utilized a majority of incoming resources in the short term for the furtherance of its objectives, retaining reserves only to cover unforeseen expenses. Per the trustees' report, there were no funds materially in deficit, and the independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Act and the accounts accorded with those records.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to ensure that any unforeseen expenses or costs increased can be covered (held: £31k)

“It is the policy of the charity to utilise a majority of the incoming resources in the short term for the furtherance of the charity’s objectives. The reserves that are retained are held to ensure that any unforeseen expenses or costs increased can be covered.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
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

Trustees · trustee networks

Ben Beerchair
Georgia Legge
NICOLA BENSON-DARE
Sophie Beer

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£105k	£90k
31/08/2024	£106k	£90k
31/08/2023	£87k	£89k
31/08/2022	£65k	£80k
31/08/2021	£87k	£80k

Common questions

Is ST. PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity utilized a majority of incoming resources in the short term for the furtherance of its objectives, retaining reserves only to cover unforeseen expenses. Per the trustees' report, there were no funds materially in deficit, and the independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Act and the accounts accorded with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Northern Rock Foundation	12/09/2000	£2k	Grant awarded to St Peter's Pre School (Tyne & Wear)

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUSY BEES PRESCHOOL (BEMERTON).

BUSY BEES PRESCHOOL (BEMERTON) income £198k
BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (BISHOPS SUTTON) income £103k
BUZY BEES PRE-SCHOOL income £205k
BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (CHAPMANSLADE) income £128k
ST PETER AND ST PAUL PRE SCHOOL income £152k
ST ANDREWS WITH ST PETERS PRE-SCHOOL income £120k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST. PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL	£105k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUSY BEES PRESCHOOL (BEMERTON) FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (BISHOPS SUTTON) FY2024	£103k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUZY BEES PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£205k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (CHAPMANSLADE) FY2024	£128k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST PETER AND ST PAUL PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£152k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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