BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1049439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP

To provide high quality, affordable child care, for children aged 2 years - 5 years. To involve the local community and parents in our activities. To enhance the lives of those we come into contact with. To provide advice and support in the childcare field.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER SCHOOL AGE, BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE CHINGFORD

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 income of £270,147.61 against total expenditure of £270,724.63, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The closing unrestricted reserves stood at £49,424.98, which represents an increase from the opening balance of £30,601.91, indicating the charity maintained sufficient resources to continue its operations during the year.

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
• 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lisa Taylor-Buckinghamchair
• Carol Oley
• Deborah Hendry
• Kay Gill
• Mariya Nikolaeva Peneva
• Matthew Martin Smith

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

Operates in: Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUSY BEES.

• BUSY BEES income £196k
• BUSY BEES CHILDCARE CENTRE income £154k
• BEEHIVE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £166k
• BEIGHTON BIZZY BEE PLAYGROUPS LIMITED income £1.0m
• BUSY BEE PRE-SCHOOL (HONITON) income £105k
• BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP income £176k

Side by side with its peers

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