WESTGATE WHIRLYBIRDS

Registered charity 1053558 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EARLYBIRDS AND NIGHT OWLS, PHOENIX PRE SCHOOL, SWALLOWS, WESTGATE WHIRLYBIRDS & PRE-SCHOOL

The charity provides affordable childcare facilities to children of parents living or working in the Suffolk area. We have a Pre-school, lunch club, breakfast club, after school club and holiday club.

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: BURY ST EDMUNDS

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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Registered contact address: West Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted cash funds of £14,740 at the year end, which the trustees describe as 'minimal reserves' while they aim to build up to three months of expenditure. The accounts show a net surplus of £2,281 for the year, driven primarily by Early Years grant income of £190,160, against total payments of £230,217.

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.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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• Ofsted — Westgate Whirlybirds: Good · Ofsted

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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2025 (received 02/10/2026, 124 days after the 31/05/2026 due date); year ending 31/07/2024 (received 02/10/2026, 489 days after the 31/05/2025 due date); year ending 31/07/2023 (received 30/09/2026, 852 days after the 31/05/2024 due date); year ending 31/07/2022 (received 27/11/2023, 180 days after the 31/05/2023 due date); year ending 31/07/2021 (received 27/11/2023, 545 days after the 31/05/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lisa Burgess
• Penny Evelyn Gordon
• Sue Taylor

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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