BEECHWOOD EDUCARE CENTRE

Registered charity 1090050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIGH HOPES

The Provision of high quality nursery care and out of school facilities for child care

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR CHILDREN UP TO AND INCLUDING THE AGE OF 11 YEARS2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF HUYTON WHO HAVE SUCH NEED

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves of £204,589 were held at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of between £265,000 and £397,500 (representing 6 to 9 months of expenditure). Despite this shortfall, the trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

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
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% 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

• DENNIS GEORGE STOREYchair
• KEVIN JAMES SIMMS
• Rachael Simms

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

Operates in: Knowsley

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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