APPLETREE CHILDCARE (SHEFFIELD) LTD

Registered charity 1122241 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as APPLETREE NURSERY

Provision of day care and pre-school activities for children.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, RESIDENT PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD THROUGH THE PROVISION OF DAY CARE AND PRE-SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN WHICH STIMULATES THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SAFE AND STIMULATING PLAY;(B) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL, TRAINING, SUPPORT AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED AND SO THAT UNEMPLOYMENT AMONGST SUCH FAMILIES MAY BE RELIEVED.

Area of benefit: SHEFFIELD

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus in 2024-25 and maintained unrestricted reserves of £169,104, which the Trustees believe meets their policy target of three months of projected expenditure. However, the Trustees expressed concern that future increases in uncontrollable costs, such as the National Minimum Wage, may impact the business, noting that some providers have found government hourly rates challenging.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

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 ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Louise Stanbridge · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANET PARKIN
• JOHN JOSEPH GUYMER
• Patricia Hudson
• Richard Elliott
• TREVOR BAGSHAW · trustee of 1 other charity
• VICTORIA KNOWLES

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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

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Side by side with its peers

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