BARKANTINE COMMUNITY NURSERY

Registered charity 1110218 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide good quality affordable childcare for local parentsTo advance the education of children under statutory school age

Objects

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE:(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS IN PARTICULAR THOSE FROM AND AROUND THE BARKANTINE ESTATE AND MILLWARD WARD (THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT');(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS AND TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF QUALITY AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, TRAINING, LEARNING AND EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVES;(C) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS; (D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND(E) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Area of benefit: THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS IN PARTICULAR THOSE FROM AND AROUND THE BARKANTINE ESTATE AND MILLWARD WARD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £31,864 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £365,313. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention. The charity is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.

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 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• FREDRICK QUATROMINIchair
• Amina Malik - Lewis

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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