NOAH'S ARK @ CRBC

Registered charity 1112004 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL/PLAYTIME/STAY & PLAY, NOAH'S ARK@CRBC

To advance education in accordance with Christian principles and particularly by providing Christian based high quality early-years education as a service to the local community together with parenting support for the families involved

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INCLUDING BY MEANS OF ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR ESTABLISHMENTS IN BRISTOL AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TOTIME THINK FIT AND PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING CHRISTIAN-BASED HIGH QUALITY EARLY-YEARS EDUCATION AS A SERVICE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TOGETHER WITH PARENTING SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES INVOLVED.

Area of benefit: BRISTOL

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 unrestricted reserves of £160,933 exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £75,000 (three months of operational costs). The charity reported a net surplus for the year and confirmed it is prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• AILSA BAILEY
• Claire Elizabeth Burkill
• HELEN BURR WILSON
• Jane Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD FEATHER
• Rev Markelian Mico
• Susan Holden
• Zahra Spiller

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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