AMBER PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1047724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMBER PLAYGROUP

PROVIDING PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION TO CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 2 AND 5 YEARS.

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: IN PRACTICE -- HORSHAM

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 total income was £104,091.30 against total expenditure of £79,748.00, resulting in a surplus for the period. The chairperson's report notes that the financial year was much better than the previous year, although this improvement was attributed partly to fundraising activities. The charity remains dependent on parent support and committee volunteers to continue operations.

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
• Investment
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Smallridgechair
• Arwel Davies
• Chris Bleach

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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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
• Martlesham Preschool income £201k
• WEMBDON SUNSHINERS PRE SCHOOL income £271k
• THE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £121k
• WEMBURY PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
• Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-School income £137k

Side by side with its peers

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