BLUE COAT PRE-SCHOOL UNIT AND BUSY BEES

Registered charity 1092513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide pre-school education for children aged 2 years to 4 years and out of school care for children who attend Blue Coat Primary School - aged 4 years to 11 years.

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. IN PRACTICE GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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 achieved a net income of £15,048 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a previous net expenditure. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves totalled £218,011, which is above the stated policy target of £126,367, indicating a stable financial position with sufficient liquidity to meet future obligations.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Hickschair
• Carolyn Milner
• Charlotte Edmonds
• Emma Grant
• Emma Pardy
• Esther Beeby
• Freya Eyley
• Gavin Tapsfield · trustee of 1 other charity
• Holly McGrath
• Joanna Jess
• Joanna Stansfield

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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

• BLUES PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY income £157k
• READING BLUE COAT SCHOOL income £19.4m
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (CHAPMANSLADE) income £128k
• BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL income £101k
• CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k

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