BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 1139075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRISCOE LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered provider of early years education for children between 2yrs and under 5yrs. Operating in the Basildon, Essex area offering high quality service to local families and families from a wider area.

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 COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE ESSEX.

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 to £146,585, up from £65,137 in the prior year, driven by a net surplus of £81,448 against income of £335,367. The trustees report that increased income is currently insufficient to pay salaries above the national average to attract new staff due to a national shortage of qualified practitioners. The charity holds cash reserves of £174,156 and has no stated reserves policy target.

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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEBORAH GREENLANDchair
• DEBORAH SHAW
• SAMANTHA HUNTER

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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