BISHOPDOWN FARM COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND FARM FRIENDS

Registered charity 1076227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BISHOPDOWN FARM COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND FARMYARD FRIENDS PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP

Early Years Provision

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 FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, 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, REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANSB) 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 AREASC) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE

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 unrestricted funds increased by £4,987 to a total of £158,561, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity's policy is to maintain unrestricted funds equivalent to three to six months of expenditure, and the current balance exceeds the lower end of this target.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eleanor Thomchair
• Sarah Wallace-Lower
• Stacey Crump
• abigail stainer

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL income £217k
• ALLIED SCHOOLS AGENCY LIMITED income £354k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARLOW income £303k
• LEVEN PRE-SCHOOL income £117k
• CRESSEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL FUND income £349k
• FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) income £536k

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