POPPINS NURSERY
Poppins Nursery and Pre School is a charity run nursery for children 2-5 years of age.
Objects
ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £13,942, increasing its net unrestricted funds from £30,193 to £44,135. The trustees report that the setting remained full with a healthy waiting list and that the charity has sufficient reserves to sustain operations or cover redundancy costs if income falls below expected levels. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.
What the accounts disclose
“Fees received from Medway Council - 185,084” — page 13
“Our policy is to hold sufficient reserves to sustain the pre-school should our income fall below expected levels.” — page 9
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- 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
- Levi-Shawnie Crompton
- Samantha Waterman
- Toni Moreby
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £218k | £204k |
| 31/03/2024 | £195k | £195k |
| 31/03/2023 | £184k | £198k |
| 31/03/2022 | £183k | £177k |
| 31/03/2021 | £147k | £135k |
Common questions
Is POPPINS NURSERY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £13,942, increasing its net unrestricted funds from £30,193 to £44,135. The trustees report that the setting remained full with a healthy waiting list and that the charity has sufficient reserves to sustain operations or cover redundancy costs if income falls below expected levels. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.