CARDIFF STEINER EARLY YEARS CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1149061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CSEYC LTD

To advance the education of children and young people, and support families and individuals in accordance with the educational principles of Rudolf Steiner

Objects

To advance the education of children and young people and support families and individuals in accordance with the ethos and educational principles of Rudolf Steiner.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £26,137 for the year, marking the twelfth successive year of surplus. The Trustees consider the charity's financial health strong, citing a balance sheet with unrestricted cash and debts owed of £255,731, which represents approximately 4.3 months of core operating costs. While noting statutory cost increases, the Trustees believe there is no current need to build larger cash reserves in the short term.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW); Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales. 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIGID ANN CATHERINE BOWENchair
• Dr Julian Jay Green
• Dr KATHARINE WINIFRED ATTFIELD
• Michael Augustine Flynn
• Prof Jeffrey Lewis
• Richard Knight

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

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