THE PARK NEIGHBOURHOOD NURSERY

Registered charity 1107602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childrens Day Nursery providing full and part time day care including government grants in an area of deprivation as part of the Neighbourhood Nursery scheme.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE, BY THE PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF DAY CARE FACILITIES WHICH STIMULATE THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PLAY. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE AND EDUCATION FACILITIES. 3. TO FACILITATE THE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF ADULTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN OF A SECURE AND APPROPRIATE NATURE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE THE PARK NEIGHBOURHOOD NURSERY, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, KINGSWOOD.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £69,197 and retained earnings of £296,179. The trustees report that the charity managed within budget despite increasing financial challenges. The document notes that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04993091 · 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.

• BRIDGES, Rachael Marie — director, appointed 14/11/2023on trustee list
• COTTLE, Deborah Ann — director, appointed 14/11/2023on trustee list
• ROONEY, Patricia Ann — director, appointed 31/12/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

• CHERILYN SANDRA HOLMES
• DEBORAH COTTLE
• PATRICIA ROONEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachael Marie Bridges

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CANTERBURY DAY NURSERY, HOLIDAY PLAYSCHEME AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUB.

• THE CANTERBURY DAY NURSERY, HOLIDAY PLAYSCHEME AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUB income £825k
• CHASEWELL NURSERY income £180k
• THE COTTAGE NURSERY income £677k
• MATILDA COMMUNITY DAY NURSERY income £234k
• PARKSTONE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £123k
• PARK VIEW 4U income £180k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.