DEBENHAM ROUNDABOUT PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1067494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROUNDABOUT PLAYGROUP (DEBENHAM)

We are a warm, friendly pre-school providing a warm, caring environment for children between the ages of two and a half and five to develop their learning, playing and interaction skills with both their peers and their teachers. We charge a modest fee for each session and supplement this income with a wide range of fund-raising activities throughout the year. We have a paid staff and a voluntary c

Objects

TO 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 AND BY; (A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF SUCH NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS;(C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: DEBENHAM

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 reported a net income of £793 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant decrease from the previous year's £16,309. Total resources stood at £45,242.66, with unrestricted reserves of £45,242.66 after accounting for a £1,153.99 re-build fund set aside. The charity remains solvent with positive net current assets of £45,242.66.

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 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Katie Samantha Cresswell-Maynardchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Chloe Locke
• Jennifer Caroline Keit Mulcahy
• Joseph Robert Bentley
• Megan Philipson
• Sophie Corston

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
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Side by side with its peers

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