ABC CHILDCARE (IPSWICH) LTD

Registered charity 1113357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABC PRE-SCHOOL (IPSWICH) LIMITED

Providing Care and Education for children mainly under statutory school age

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Latest income
£253k
Latest spending
£235k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £411,575, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £18,209 for the year, having generated £252,776 in total income against £234,567 in expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (held: £412k)
It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure. — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£253k£235k
31/12/2023£219k£245k
31/12/2022£205k£202k
31/12/2021£202k£200k
31/12/2020£170k£193k

Common questions

Is ABC CHILDCARE (IPSWICH) LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £411,575, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £18,209 for the year, having generated £252,776 in total income against £234,567 in expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2009£4kNew Resource Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2005£4kExtending Services

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£559k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IPSWICH SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ABC CHILDCARE (IPSWICH) LTD£253k0withinno doubt
IPSWICH SCHOOL FY2025£26.1m0unclearno doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025£133k0unclearno doubt
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£821k0aboveno doubt
PINCHBECK KIDS CLUB FY2025£110k0unclearno doubt
LUDGVAN COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTRE LIMITED FY2024£1.0m0unclearno doubt

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