LOSTOCK TINY TOTS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1043222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOSTOCK TINY TOTS PLAYGROUP

OFSTED inspected pre-school, providing early years education for children aged from 2.5 to infant school age. Operates for 37.5 hours per week in the village of Lostock Gralam near Northwich. Close links to local primary school.

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 reported a net deficit of £30,079 for the year, driven by staff costs exceeding total receipts. Cash reserves decreased from £104,603 to £74,524, and the trustees noted that a drop in children attending impacted income, though they expressed hope for future prosperity.

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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• SALLY THOMASchair
• AUSTEN MASON
• Amanda Newton
• CLARE MASON
• MARGARET SHEEN SRN RMN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Mason

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

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