NEWCASTLE CHILDREN'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1044352 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWCASTLE ON CLUN UNDER FIVES

The centre provides preschool education and care for children aged 2-5 years. We have a qualified teacher as our manager and lead, with qualified and experienced staff. We provide indoor and outdoor spaces and organise local trips to enhance the children's experience. We work closely with other local agencies to provide support for families and access to a wider network.

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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Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated unrestricted income of £77,844 against total payments of £71,999, resulting in a net surplus of £5,846. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted cash funds of £15,436 at the end of the period, with no restricted or endowment funds held.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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• Ofsted — Newcastle Children's Centre: Outstanding · 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2024 (received 02/11/2025, 155 days after the 31/05/2025 due date); year ending 31/07/2023 (received 22/08/2024, 83 days after the 31/05/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charlotte Morris
• KAYLEIGH CORFIELD
• RACHEL WHEELER
• Rebekah Owen

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NEWCASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

• THE NEWCASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £3.5m
• NORTHERN PRE SCHOOL income £204k
• NEWCASTLE SCHOOL FOR BOYS income £5.7m
• ASHURST PRE-SCHOOL income £505k
• SHOLING COMMUNITY CENTRE PRESCHOOL income £165k
• CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k

Side by side with its peers

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