HERSDEN UNDER FIVES PROJECT

Registered charity 1057036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Hersden Under 5's

Care and Education for children age 2.5 to 5 years.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: HERSDEN

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 unrestricted funds decreased from £20,546 to £12,660, resulting in a net outgoing resource of £7,887 for the year. The trustees note that these reserves cover only one month of expenditure, which is below the standard of 3 to 6 months. The charity reported an increase in expenditure of 9% compared to the previous 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 5 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW KITE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Briony Weatherall
• Elizabeth O'Donoghue
• Kristine Likaj
• Laura Cooper
• Leah Williams-Benoit
• Rachel Collins
• Sharonjit Bhangu

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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