HONEYCROFT

Registered charity 1093845 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

An inclusive children's charity providing for under 11 year olds and their families. It operates 50 weeks a year, from 8am till 6pm, with a pre-school group, breakfast and after-school club, holiday club and pre-playgroup for children with special needs. It offers training and volunteering opportunities, offers a special needs toy library and provides internal and external creche services.

Objects

1) TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND CARE FOR CHILDREN IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THROUGH PLAY AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES2) TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION, THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MIGHT GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED3) TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, OR WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FOR OTHER REASONS, THROUGH INTEGRATION AND INCLUSION INTO MAINSTREAM SERVICE PROVISION4) TO PROVIDE SUCH SUPPORT TO PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REFERRED TO IN THE ABOVE OBJECTS AS WILL ASSIST IN THE PURSUIT OF THOSE OBJECTS

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a modest operating surplus and increased its total funds by £12,310 to £186,968, demonstrating financial resilience despite rising costs. The trustees report that the charity maintains sufficient reserves to respond to future challenges and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Brady
• Jane Elizabeth Dobson
• Kerry Ann Underhill
• Steve MCGEOUGH

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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Side by side with its peers

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