THE CHILDREN'S AMAZING RURAL KIDS

Registered charity 1147389 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHILDREN'S ARK

To provide education, training and services to young children and their families. The main activity being the provision of education and care of children below the age of 5.

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 AND BY:3.1 OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES,TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOMEINVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFEROPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS ORABILITY;3.2 ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ANDPROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;3.3 INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRESCHOOLLEARNING 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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Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £18,973 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reducing total funds to £68,336. The trustees' report notes that finances have been carefully managed and that the charity relies on fundraising to continue operations amid the cost-of-living crisis. Despite the deficit, the charity remains compliant with regulations and maintains a waiting list of children, indicating ongoing community demand.

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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 20/08/2026, 51 days after the 30/06/2026 due date); year ending 31/08/2023 (received 04/11/2024, 127 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Rosannah Flett
• Charlotte Rose Watts
• Chelsea George-Snider
• Kenny Jones
• Matthew Watts
• Rosie Elizabeth Jones

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST.

• THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST income £9.7m
• UK CARE FOR CHILDREN income £1.7m
• TYSOE CHILDRENS GROUP income £452k
• THE VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL E17 income £239k
• CHILDREN TODAY CHARITABLE TRUST income £278k
• ASSISTED READING FOR CHILDREN income £199k

Side by side with its peers

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