LITTLE OWLS PRESCHOOL (BOXTED)

Registered charity 1129755 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing preschool childcare and education for 2-5 year olds, operating in a rural village. Member of Early Years Alliance and registered with Ofsted.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDERSTATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND ANDPROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPSAND BY: (A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES,FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OFPARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THEACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFEROPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE,RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY; (B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OFSUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN ANDRECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS; (C) INSTIGATING ANDADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOLLEARNING ALLIANCE

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £61,369.50 against a policy target of maintaining no more than £50,000 for contingency and £60,000 for maintenance, indicating reserves are within stated policy limits. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Wellington
• DENISE REHAL
• Emily Rayner
• Megg Flexman
• Nicola Carrington Bloomfield
• Nicola Weston-Plumb
• Rebecca Barnard
• Robert Gamble
• Zoe Nicole Duffy

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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