NOAKBRIDGE PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1052083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NOAKBRIDGE PRESCHOOL, NOAKBRIDGE UNDER FIVE PLAYGROUP

pre school teaching for children 2-4 yearsEarly Years ChildcareWrap Around Care for chiildren aged 2-11 years

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE 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: NOAKBRIDGE VILLAGE

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 posted a trading surplus of £62,580 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income increasing to £413,561 from £373,021 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, total costs increased by £33,678, primarily due to a £12,309 rise in wages. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £257,169, representing a net current asset position of £116,688.

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
• 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• LUCY GARRETTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alexandra Poulain · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alice Andrews · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karen Stephanou · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sridevi Shanmugam · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BROUGHTON PRE-SCHOOL.

• BROUGHTON PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL (BILLERICAY) income £159k
• NACTON AND BUCKLESHAM UNDER FIVES income £126k
• THE WILLOWS PRE-SCHOOL, NORTH BRADLEY income £165k
• THE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £121k

Side by side with its peers

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