ST. JOSEPH'S PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1089094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HILL TOTS PRE-SCHOOL

Providing Children's places for playgroup activities.Managing, supporting, developing & paying staff.Ensuring Applications of Government Nursery Grants (15 & 30 hrs).Fundraising and researching other grant initiatives.Ensuring OFSTED, Glos County Council & Free for 2s, 3s and 4s compliance.Involving community & parents in group activities.See annual trustee report for full description

Objects

THE AIM OF THE GROUP IS TO EMBODY THE VISION OF PATA THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND ALSO OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY (VOLUNTARY MANAGED) 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 AND YOUNG PEOPLE, 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 AREA

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £54,934 against a policy target corridor of £48,600 to £59,400, with total accessible reserves of £80,241. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Financial position is supported by diverse income streams including nursery grants, parental fees, and fundraising.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Hitchingschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bethany Wheeler
• Leah Mary Wilson
• Luke Albert Finn-Powers
• Sara Long

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

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 ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

• ST MARYS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £238k
• ST JOSEPH'S CHILD CARE GROUP income £748k
• ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD income £400k
• ST JOSEPHS PRE-SCHOOL (BRISTOL) income £244k
• HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
• ST GREGORY'S PRE-SCHOOL LTD income £294k

Side by side with its peers

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