SURE AND FIRM FOUNDATIONS

Registered charity 1138204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal objectives of the charity are:? the advancement of education of children below compulsory school age? the provision of facilities for recreation for such children in the interest of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life by providing for all children without discrimination a safe and satisfying pre-school environment

Objects

1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE2 THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION FOR SUCH CHILDREN IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE BY PROVIDING FOR ALL CHILDREN WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION A SAFE AND SATISFYING PRE-SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

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: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £24,038 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £179,912. The trustees consider this level of funds appropriate to cover administrative expenses and charitable activity expenditure, noting that the charity is not dependent on public fundraising. The going concern basis is supported by increased income from charitable activities and sufficient cash reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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: Care Quality Commission. 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
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median 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

• MARCIA JONES
• WAYNE BENT

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

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FUN 4 KIDZ.

• FUN 4 KIDZ income £1.2m
• CHILDREN'S CORNER PRE-SCHOOL COMMITTEE income £230k
• HADDENHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £134k
• HUMAN PRACTICE FOUNDATION UK income £184k
• ST ANNE'S PRE-SCHOOL (CHINGFORD) income £142k
• WARBOYS UNDER FIVES income £216k

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