ST CHRISTOPHER'S PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1076643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST CHRISTOPHER'S PLAYGROUP THORNHILL

St Christopher's Pre-School is a committee run pre-school in an area of deprivation for children 2years to 5 years offering quality childcare and a wide range of activities to enhance the development and education of the children attending. There is an outdoor area offering a wide range of physical activities and a large sand pit. St Christopher's also run a lunch club,

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 ABILITYB) 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 AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, BUT IN PRACTICE THORNHILL, HAMPSHIRE.

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 reserves totalled £73,464, an increase from the previous year's £66,726. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £6,738 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees confirmed that no material matters came to light during the examination that would cause concern about the charity's financial position.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Laura Nicholsonchair
• Jenny Barnes
• Kayley Sinclair
• Laura Brill

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Charities like this

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

• CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
• CHRIST CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP CIO income £115k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• ST ANDREWS PRE-SCHOOL income £172k
• ST CHRISTOPHERS PLAYGROUP (WARDEN HILL) income £137k
• ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k

Side by side with its peers

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