KETTON EARLY BIRDS PRE SCHOOL & OUT OF SCHOOL CARE

Registered charity 1143035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Ketton Early Birds offer early years education to children of a pre school age and also offers breakfast and after school clubs during term times. We also offer holiday club when required.

Objects

TO EHHANCE 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:-1) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, 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;2) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;3) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

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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Latest income

£257k

Latest spending

£251k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £92,304 at the year end, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees' report indicates that the charity's reserves policy is to maintain sufficient funds to cover temporary timing differences in grant claims and moderate shortfalls, rather than a specific monetary target or months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to cover temporary timing differences in grant claims and to cover moderate shortfalls (held: £92k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level to provide sufficient funds to cover temporary timing differences in grant claims and to cover moderate shortfalls.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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: 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ketton Early Birds (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Carly Loveday
Dr ZOE PALMER
Emma Stevenson
KERRY WILSON

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£257k	£251k
31/08/2024	£233k	£206k
31/08/2023	£181k	£202k
31/08/2022	£186k	£186k
31/08/2021	£342k	£329k

Common questions

Is KETTON EARLY BIRDS PRE SCHOOL & OUT OF SCHOOL CARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £92,304 at the year end, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees' report indicates that the charity's reserves policy is to maintain sufficient funds to cover temporary timing differences in grant claims and moderate shortfalls, rather than a specific monetary target or months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.