THE GARDEN PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1047190 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COCKAIGNE NURSERY SCHOOL, THE RYDE PRE-SCHOOL

The Garden Pre-School provides a broad and balanced curriculum for pre-school children incorporating active learning and first hand experiences. It is registered with and regularly inspected by Ofsted.

Objects

TO PROVIDE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE HATFIELD AND WELWYN GARDEN CITY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £3,934 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its unrestricted cash funds from £47,298 to £43,364. The trustees report that the charity has grown in size and employed more staff to support morning, afternoon, and wrap-around care sessions. No reserves policy target is stated in the document, and all reserves are held as unrestricted funds.

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
• Financial reserves 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lisa Quinn
• Richard Allingham

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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