RIDINGS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1044234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OCKBROOK RIDINGS PLAYGROUP, RIDINGS PRESCHOOL

Care & early years education of children aged Two to Five years from the local and surrounding area of the setting. The charity raises funds form fund raising activities and makes applications for small grants to support the maintenance of the premises and provide quality resources for the children and families who access this service.

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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Registered contact address: Erewash, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Ridings Pre-School reported a deficit of £617.48 for the year ending 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £52,012.98 to £53,104.78 (note: the balance sheet shows an increase in total monetary assets but a decrease in surplus balance due to prior year adjustments or classification, specifically 'excess income 2024/25 -617.48'). The charity holds approximately £53,104.78 in monetary assets with no liabilities, indicating a stable financial position despite the operational loss.

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.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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• Ofsted — Ridings 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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Garwoodchair
• Ella Whitehead
• Emma Kendrick
• Joanne Tennett
• Neil Shaw

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

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

• RISING FIVES PRE-SCHOOL GROUP income £164k
• RAMSBURY PRE-SCHOOL income £237k
• RIPPONDEN PRE-SCHOOL income £290k
• REEPHAM PRE SCHOOL income £102k
• LITTLE BERRIES PRE-SCHOOL income £424k
• THE VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL E17 income £239k

Side by side with its peers

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