KINGS HILL PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1118021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a community pre school providing a safe supportive and stimulating environment for children aged 2-5 years. Places are open primarily to children living on Kingshill/Kingshill parish however remaining places will be available to children from surrounding areas.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY:1 OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;2 ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;3 INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHER THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, KENT.

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 total funds increased to £119,110 from £94,871 in the prior year, driven by a net income of £24,239 against resources expended of £238,905. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £119,110, which exceeds its stated policy target of covering at least three terms of running costs (£45,000). The pre-school operated at full capacity with a growing waiting list, indicating stable operational demand.

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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sally McCarvillechair
• Mandy Norman
• Miguel Hernandez
• Nicole Dixon
• Sherri Revell

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRCH HILL PRE-SCHOOL.

• BIRCH HILL PRE-SCHOOL income £211k
• STREATLEY HILL PRE-SCHOOL income £128k
• WEST KINGSDOWN PRE-SCHOOL income £200k
• KINGSWOOD METHODIST CHURCH PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £183k
• CHALK HILL PRE-SCHOOL income £106k
• KINGSKERSWELL PLAYGROUP AND NURSERY income £139k

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