THE MAIDSTONE STEINER KINDERGARTEN INITIATIVE

Registered charity 1086476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COBNUTS PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP, COBNUTS STEINER KINDERGARTEN

The charity runs a kindergarten for children aged 2 1/2 to 6 years. We use the ideas of Steiner Waldorf education, with the seasonal cycle and festivals providing the framework for creative activities and free play. The charity also runs parent and child groups for younger children. The charity also promotes our educational ideas to adults through talks and activities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF A PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP AND KINDERGARTEN, FOLLOWING EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES PROMOTED BY RUDOLF STEINER.

Area of benefit: MAIDSTONE, KENT.

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 finished the financial year with a healthy profit of approximately £5,460, contrasting with previous years where it struggled to break even. The surplus was attributed to the kindergarten being full, which increased income from fees and funding. The charity maintains a positive bank balance and has no disclosed financial risks or uncertainties regarding its continuation.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Elizabeth Gillespie
• Cassandra Rebecca Callaghan
• Rosalie Townsend
• Tansy Watts

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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