BERRYGROVE EARLY YEARS CENTRE

Registered charity 1145616 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERRYGROVE PRESCHOOL AND DAYCARE CENTRE, Berrygrove Stepping Stones & Nurture

We are a Preschool and Daycare centre that operates in the Garston area of Watford, Hertfordshire. We provide care from 8am - 6pm Monday through Friday, 50 weeks a year . Children learn through play and are able to access our large outdoor area . We are on the same site as The Grove Academy. We received the Herts Quality Standards Award 2014. At our last Ofsted inspection we were rated GOOD.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY: (A) PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART; (B) ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN; (C0001) FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION.

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 a net income of £98,930.74 for the year ended February 28, 2025, derived from total income of £412,002.24 and total expenses of £310,595.91. The filing presents a simple distribution account without detailed notes on reserves, pension deficits, or related party transactions.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
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• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
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• Paying staff
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• KAREN HILL
• Tamara Addison

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

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