BISHOP CORNISH EDUCATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1111431 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity operates a pre-school and provides before & after School care and opportunities for music education in a purpose-built eco-education centre. It also offers adult training in education and child care, and provides environmental education and opportunities to promote environmental benefit.

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY BY OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN OF STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BEFORE SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL BY OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PARENTS AND CARERS IN THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES, SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND BECOME INVOLVED IN THE AIMS OF THE BISHOP CORNISH EDUCATION CENTRE.(4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT BISHOP CORNISH CHURCH OF ENGLAND VOLUNTARY AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF MUSIC FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL.(5) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUPILS AT BISHOP CORNISH CHURCH OF ENGLAND VOLUNTARY AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE SURROUNDING AREA THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.(6) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE BISHOP CORNISH CHURCH OF ENGLAND VOLUNTARY AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE SURROUNDING AREA IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Area of benefit: SALTASH, CARADON, CORNWALL

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 generated a net income of £22,953 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £248,476. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and maintains sufficient funds in its bank accounts to provide resilience against key risks. No specific reserves policy target is stated, though the charity notes it maintains sufficient funds to meet extraordinary expenditure needs.

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 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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05349267

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.

• OAKES, Victoria — director, appointed 02/05/2023on trustee list
• FLETCHER, Tracey Jane — director, appointed 01/09/2021on trustee list
• BLACKWELL, Richard, Captain — director, appointed 01/10/2018on trustee list
• FLETCHER, Tracey Jane — secretary, appointed 01/09/2021

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SARAH CATHERINE ADKINSchair
• Captain Richard Blackwell
• Tracey Jane FLETCHER
• Victoria OAKES

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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