THE ARK PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1073525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides pre-school for children and associated activities and support.

Objects

TO PROVIDE A PRE-SCHOOL TO FACILITATE EDUCATIONAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND RESIDING PRIMARILY IN THE CROWTHORNE AREA(FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION)

Area of benefit: CROWTHORNE

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 generated a surplus of £9,978 for the year ended 31st December 2025, with total income of £878,733 and total expenditure of £868,475. The trustees report that reserves of £25,000 are held to cover operational costs for a term, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah Webbchair
• AVRIL JOY DOYLE
• EMMA LOUISE FROST
• Justine WELLS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest

Income and spending

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