THE CATERPILLAR CLUB

Registered charity 1064997 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A PRE-SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN AGED 2YRS 6MTHS - 5YRS DURING TERM TIME.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGEE

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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Latest income

£158k

Latest spending

£180k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of income over expenditure for the period. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy to retain £10,000 as a reserve sum, which is notionally ringfenced within the current account following the closure of a separate savings account.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £10,000

“THE COMMITTEE LOOK TO RETAIN £10,000 AS A RESERVE SUM AND TO NOTIONALLY RINGFENCE THIS AMOUNT.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Complaints handling
Complaints 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
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Lauren Charlotte Hawksworthchair
Charlotte Lee Isaacs
Hannah Tansey
Susan Barbara Crow

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£158k	£180k
31/12/2024	£150k	£130k
31/12/2023	£119k	£114k
31/12/2022	£104k	£103k
31/12/2021	£87k	£84k

Common questions

Is THE CATERPILLAR CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of income over expenditure for the period. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy to retain £10,000 as a reserve sum, which is notionally ringfenced within the current account following the closure of a separate savings account.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/08/2005	£5k	resurface play area

Charities like this

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

YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
KINGSHURST CATERPILLARS CIO income £129k
CATERPILLARS PRE-SCHOOL (ESSEX) income £187k
CATEY PRE-SCHOOL income £146k
CATERPILLARS PRESCHOOL AT CALMORE income £325k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CATERPILLAR CLUB	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
KINGSHURST CATERPILLARS CIO FY2025	£129k	—	above	—	no doubt
CATERPILLARS PRE-SCHOOL (ESSEX) FY2025	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CATEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£146k	—	unclear	—	noted
CATERPILLARS PRESCHOOL AT CALMORE FY2025	£325k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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