CHUCKLEBERRIES PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1099029 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Chuckleberries operates as a community pre-school in the form of a non-profit-making charity. Our ethos is to provide a cheerful and welcoming, club-style learning environment for children aged 2 up to 5 years old, where every day is a fun experience for the children.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY A) PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY, IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART ANDB) ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN.

Area of benefit: BURY AND WEST BURTON

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 ended the year with a surplus of £11,323.36, bringing total funds to £55,514.56. The trustees note that funds are held at a level to allow for the risk of operating with a very low number of children or unforeseen expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts.

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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanne McCulloch
• Katherine Smith
• Luke Hughes
• Samantha Hughes

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• LITTLE BERRIES PRE-SCHOOL income £424k
• MULBERRY PRE-SCHOOL income £185k
• CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
• SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £290k
• CHALK HILL PRE-SCHOOL income £106k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k

Side by side with its peers

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