OAK HILL COMMUNITY NURSERY

Registered charity 1130993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OAK HILL COMMUNITY NURSERY LIMITED

Management and provision of a childrens' nursery for 0-5 year oldsTraining and development of local residents in child careSupport of families through group activities, training and sign posting to other services

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR BY:OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY AND LEARNING FACILITIES AND ENSURING SUCH PLAY AND FACILITIES OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, GENDER, MEANS OR ABILITY; OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARENTS AND CARERS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NURSERY/DAY CARE PROVISION; AND EDUCATING AND TRAINING ADULTS IN THE PROVISION OF CARE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM WARDS OF TELEGRAPH HILL, NEW CROSS AND BROCKLEY

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 recorded a deficit of £5,241 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £306,469. The trustees report that financial resources are sufficient to meet liabilities for 12 months, confirming the going concern basis. However, the trustees note recurring difficulties with landlord maintenance performance and a volatile financial environment due to local authority cutbacks.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 6 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05850668

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BRAGANZA, Catherine — director, appointed 25/01/2024on trustee list
• EVANS, Gwenlian Margaret — director, appointed 07/08/2012on trustee list
• FOWLER, John Richard Marsden — director, appointed 04/10/2010on trustee list
• MARGOLIES, Sandra Helen — director, appointed 04/10/2010on trustee list
• STULTZ, Denise — director, appointed 19/06/2006on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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

• GWENLIAN EVANSchair
• Catherine Braganza
• DENISE MICHAELA STULTZ
• JOHN FOWLER
• SANDRA MARGOLIES

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

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