PATA (UK)
Registered charity 1124222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PATA
ENHANCE DEVELOPMENT,CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER SCHOOL AGE AND CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.ENCOURAGE FORMATION OF GROUPS OFFERING PLAY,EDUCATION AND CARE;OFFER SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO GROUPS; ENCOURAGE STUDY OF NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.PROVIDE TRAINING.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £20,634 for the year ended 31 August 2024, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £98,656. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £225,393, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet legal obligations and provide security, although they note the actual holding is three months of core running costs against a policy aim of six months.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: PATA Managed Groups — Nursery Education Funding and Parent Fees (84% of income)
“The impact for us was that we become more reliant on government funding, which accounts for 84% on our PMG income, and we lose the ability to set our own fee rates to ensure ongoing viability.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £225k; policy: six months of core running costs)
“It aims to keep the equivalent of six month's core running costs in unrestricted funds (in reality we have 3 months although the aim is 6 months)” — page 13
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Griffiths Marshall. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
What the charity says about itself (2024-2025)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The report covers the period 2024-2025.
“Impact Report 2024-2025”
PATA processed 859 employee payrolls in the period.
“859 Employee Payrolls processed”
PATA facilitated 658 hours of CPD training.
“658 CPD training hours facilitated”
PATA had a financial surplus of £16,372 for the year.
“In the financial period 2024-25 PATA had a surplus of £16,372.”
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Nicky Cranfield — Chair of Trustees (source)
- Jade Craswell — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (10/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (08/11/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (28/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (15/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (25/01/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (07/10/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Nicola Cranfieldchair
- DEREK STANLEY JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr AMY WILLIAMS
- Fiona Montacute
- Honesty Jane Walker
- Karen Susan Heaton-Jones
- Matthew Bishop · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Gloucestershire · Herefordshire · Monmouthshire · Oxfordshire · South Gloucestershire · Warwickshire · Worcestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is PATA (UK) financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £20,634 for the year ended 31 August 2024, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £98,656. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £225,393, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet legal obligations and provide security, although they note the actual holding is three months of core running costs against a policy aim of six months. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Griffiths Marshall.
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