HIGHNAM UNDER FIVES

Registered charity 1058551 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIGHNAM PLAYGROUP

Provision of pre-school education.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT, CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND ALSO OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 a £7,687.51 surplus for the year ended 31 May 2025, despite income decreasing by approximately £5,000 due to fluctuations in Early Years Funding claims. The trustees report that reserves remained healthy throughout the year, allowing the charity to absorb increased wage costs and continue operating mostly to capacity.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Deanchair
• Elizabeth Coldrick
• Laura Holton

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• HIGH WYCH PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY income £224k
• NACTON AND BUCKLESHAM UNDER FIVES income £126k
• STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• BURNHAM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £136k
• FLAMSTEAD PRE-SCHOOL income £158k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.