LITTLE EXPLORERS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1044412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURWARTON PLAYGROUP, BURWARTON PRE-SCHOOL AND TODDLER GROUP, BURWARTON PRE-SCHOOL AND TODDLERS, BURWEARTON PRE-SCHOOL AND TODDLERS

We provide Early Years Care and Education for children aged 2 years to School age. We are based in South Shropshire.

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.

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 generated total receipts of £113,607 against total payments of £94,561, resulting in a net surplus of £19,046 for the year. Free/unrestricted reserves (cash funds) increased from £20,864 to £39,910, indicating a strengthening of unrestricted financial resources. The trustees report that reserves are set aside to ensure the future of the pre-school during times when numbers of children reduce.

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 4 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Mason
• Charlotte Smith
• Julie Pinches
• Kerri-Ann Sherry
• Laura FURNISS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Read
• Rachel Wilkes
• Susannah Palmer
• Wendy Lloyd

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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