UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1043499 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UGBOROUGH UNDER FIVES

Pre-school education from 2 years to school age.Before and After School Clubs aged 2 - 11 year oldsSchool Holiday Clubs (occasional) 2 - 11 year olds

Objects

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

£118k

Latest spending

£104k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £13,589.90 for the year, with total funds in hand at year-end amounting to £100,211.91. However, the trustees report significant challenges regarding staff recruitment and retention, leading to a decision to close the provision due to insufficient resources to maintain services. The charity holds restricted redundancy funds of £26,273, which the trustees acknowledge may be insufficient to cover estimated redundancy bills of approximately £55,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £100k; policy: six-week period)

“we are now aware that this redundancy figure wasn’t close to enough to cover the staff”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Although the provision had sufficient reserves and could have continued, the Committee concluded that there were insufficient resources to maintain current services.”

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
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Charlotte Wallikerchair
Charlotte Hobbs
Edward Hobbs
Rachel Evelyn Heaver

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£118k	£104k
31/08/2024	£89k	£99k
31/08/2023	£114k	£114k
31/08/2022	£101k	£91k
31/08/2021	£94k	£82k

Common questions

Is UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £13,589.90 for the year, with total funds in hand at year-end amounting to £100,211.91. However, the trustees report significant challenges regarding staff recruitment and retention, leading to a decision to close the provision due to insufficient resources to maintain services. The charity holds restricted redundancy funds of £26,273, which the trustees acknowledge may be insufficient to cover estimated redundancy bills of approximately £55,000. 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
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/03/2006	£674	Replacing playgroup equipment

Charities like this

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

YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
BROUGHTON PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
NETHERTHONG PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB income £221k
CLACKCLOSE PRE-SCHOOL income £219k
HORN'S MILL PRE-SCHOOL income £386k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL	£118k	—	below	—	noted
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
BROUGHTON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£118k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£178k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NETHERTHONG PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB FY2025	£221k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CLACKCLOSE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£219k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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