OAKENGATES UNITED CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1058681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OAKENGATES UNITED CHURCH PLAYGROUP

provide high quality care and education for children primarily below statutory school age; work in partnership with parents to help children to learn and develop; add to the life and well-being of its local community; and offer children and their parents a service which promotes equality and values diversity.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE OAKENGATES AND SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total gross takings for the year were £31,143.42, with total expenditure amounting to £39,707.31, resulting in a net deficit for the period. The independent examiner reported no concerns or matters requiring attention, indicating that the accounts were examined without finding material irregularities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JULIE DAWN PREECEchair
• Stephenie May Chancellor

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).