LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE

Registered charity 1059948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LUDWELL VALLEY CENTRE

Registered pre-school

Objects

1) TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN THROUGH THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE PLAY AND EDUCATION FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION. 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PARENTS BY THE PROMOTION OF PARENTING SKILLS SO THAT THEY CAN FULFIL THEIR POTENTIAL AS PARENTS.

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 achieved a surplus of £7,437.24 for the year ended 31st August 2025, resulting in a closing cash position of £62,226.28. The trustees report that the preschool's finances are back on a stable footing, providing confidence in meeting current and future needs. The surplus was reinvested into the setting to upgrade resources and enhance the learning environment.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

• Louise Jayne Marshallchair
• Lynn Maria Mills

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• NORTH COMMON PRE - SCHOOL income £103k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• CHARLBURY PRESCHOOL income £156k
• WHEELOCK PRE-SCHOOL income £108k
• ATTENBOROUGH CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL income £207k
• SUNBEAMS PRE SCHOOL (NORTH MUNDHAM) income £103k

Side by side with its peers

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