HENSHAW NURSERY

Registered charity 1138501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HENSHAW PRESCHOOL

To enhance the development and Education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through the provision of Nursery and Parent/toddler group.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH THE PROVISION OF NURSERY AND PARENT/TODDLER GROUP

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE NORTHUMBERLAND AND CUMBRIA

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 unrestricted funds increased from £36,422 to £124,659, resulting in a net surplus of £88,237 for the year. The charity reports that its gross income exceeded £250,000 and that no matters came to the examiner's attention that would hinder a proper understanding of the accounts. The trustees consider the charity is not subject to audit under company law.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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 06970365

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Henshaw Nursery (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• RUSHWORTH, Paul — director, appointed 23/06/2022on trustee list
• REVELS, Helen Louise — director, appointed 17/10/2019on trustee list
• DODD, Nicole Ruth — director, appointed 18/01/2018on trustee list
• BOWES, Arlene — director, appointed 15/11/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £20k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/06/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Arlene Bowes
• Helen Revels
• Nicole Dodd
• Paul Rushworth

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Northumberland

Income and spending

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