LITTLE DUCKLINGS PRE-SCHOOL BASINGSTOKE

Registered charity 1132767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

LITTLE DUCKLINGS IS A COMMITTEE RUN PRE-SCHOOL OFFERING A FANTASTIC START TO CHILDREN AGED 2 YEARS TO 5 YEARS. WE ARE BASED IN BLACK DAM IN BASINGSTOKE, HAMPSHIRE AND AIM TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN A FUN AND FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE. THE CHILDREN CAN TAKE PART IN MANY ACTIVITES THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHICH ARE STRUCTURED AROUND A LEARNING THROUGH PLAY APROACH.

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY:(A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS;(C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE.

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 reported a net income of £13,409 for the year, increasing total unrestricted funds to £179,585. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern and maintain a reserves policy target of approximately three months of running costs, with designated reserves of £45,000.

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 4 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07722052

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.

• MATO ANDRADE, Cecile — director, appointed 27/01/2026not on trustee list
• BURTON, Catherine — director, appointed 09/12/2025on trustee list
• KENRICK, Mary — director, appointed 09/12/2025on trustee list
• HARBERTSON, Stacey-Louise — director, appointed 11/06/2025on trustee list
• BUCKTHORPE, Hannah — director, appointed 14/10/2024on trustee list
• LUCY, Grimes — director, appointed 08/12/2021not on trustee list
• SCOTTING, Fe Hannah — director, appointed 16/11/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lucy Grimeschair
• CATHERINE MANSBRIDGE
• Catherine Burton
• Cecile Andrade
• Fe Scotting
• Hannah Buckthorpe
• Mary Kenrick
• Stacey-Louise Harbertson Mrs

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SARRATT DUCKLINGS PRE-SCHOOL.

• SARRATT DUCKLINGS PRE-SCHOOL income £124k
• OVER PUDDLEDUCKS PRE-SCHOOL income £122k
• THE HUNSDON DUCKLINGS PRE-SCHOOL income £122k
• PUDDLEDUCKS PRE-SCHOOL (WORKSOP) income £139k
• LITTLE STEPS PRE-SCHOOL income £148k
• DICKORY DOCK NURSERY income £741k

Side by side with its peers

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