ST JOSEPH'S CHILD CARE GROUP

Registered charity 1125115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide high quality, affordable child care to the local community.

Objects

TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS;TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAY AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WHILST INVOLVING PARENTS AND CARERS;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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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Registered contact address: Rushmoor, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £76,088 for the year, increasing its total unrestricted reserves to £192,204. The trustees report that the charity remains in a sound financial position despite challenging economic conditions and has maintained tight financial control to ensure long-term viability.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

• Richard Fridgechair
• Alison Mclaren
• Stephanie Dew

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST. JOSEPH'S PRE-SCHOOL.

• ST. JOSEPH'S PRE-SCHOOL income £176k
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• OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD income £549k
• THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE income £821k
• ST. HELEN'S PRE-SCHOOL income £327k
• DICKER HOUSE NURSERY GROUP income £154k

Side by side with its peers

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