THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1089829 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childcare for children aged 1 year to 12 years. Nursery education, holiday and after school care.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AGED FROM ONE TO FIVE YEARS INCLUSIVE IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF ISLINGTON AND HACKNEY THROUGH A PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP AND NURSERY AT WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF SUCH CHILDREN; (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AGED FROM THREE TO FIFTEEN YEARS INCLUSIVE IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF ISLINGTON AND HACKNEY THROUGH AN "OUT OF SCHOOL" GROUP AT WHICH WILL B PROVIDED FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF SUCH CHILDREN DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS; AND (C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ADULTS IN THE PROVISION OF CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.`

Area of benefit: ISLINGTON AND HACKNEY

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 holds unrestricted reserves of £264,120, which exceeds its stated policy target of £190,000 (representing three months' wages and overheads). Per the trustees' report, the charity generated a net income surplus of £46,718 for the year, supported by increased local government grants and parent fees, indicating adequate resources to continue operations.

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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04132678 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ROUSSEAU, Boris Thomas — director, appointed 12/12/2025on trustee list
• WOOTLIFF, Harriet Louise — director, appointed 21/10/2024on trustee list
• BIBART, Bianca Antonia — director, appointed 24/09/2024on trustee list
• COLLIER, Beatrice Marion — director, appointed 03/06/2016on trustee list
• NORWOOD, Margaret Mary — director, appointed 14/03/2016on trustee list
• NEWMAN, Anna Rebecca — secretary, appointed 20/01/2010

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Beatrice Marion Collier
• Bianca Antonia Bibart
• Boris Rousseau
• Harriet Wootliff
• Margaret Mary Norwood

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

Operates in: Hackney

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 MARGARET MCMILLAN CHILDREN'S CENTRE.

• MARGARET MCMILLAN CHILDREN'S CENTRE income £525k
• OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD income £549k
• CHILDREN CARE CENTRE income £231k
• LUDGVAN COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTRE LIMITED income £1.2m
• DICKER HOUSE NURSERY GROUP income £154k
• ST THOMAS' CHILDREN'S CENTRE income £600k

Side by side with its peers

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