WOOLSTON AND WOOLSTON ADVENTURE PRESCHOOLS

Registered charity 1072637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHURCH ROAD COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL, WOOLSTON COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL I & II

We run a term time only early years settings in Southampton, Hampshire, Woolston preschool. We accept children from 2 years to 5 years.

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE 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 THE 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: NOT DEFINED.IN PRACTICE IN WOOLSTON

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 ended the year in a deficit of £16,599, with total expenses exceeding income. The trustees report that the organization is on course for a forecasted deficit in the following year and notes the need to bridge the gap between outgoings and expenses.

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 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves 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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare A'courtchair
• Deborah Stephanie Bolorunduro
• Gemma Woodward
• Kirsteen Jane Snider
• Mai Rosie Gutteridge

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

Common questions

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

• LADYBIRDS PRE-SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON income £424k
• WOLLASTON AND STRIXTON PRE-SCHOOL income £248k
• WOOL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £108k
• ALL SAINTS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP (WINCHESTER) income £122k
• WILLASTON PRE-SCHOOL income £192k
• WESTON POINT PRESCHOOL income £125k

Side by side with its peers

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