WOODROYD NURSERY AND CHILDRENS CENTRE

Registered charity 1154148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SURE START WEST BOWLING

The provision of nursery childcare and early education services, family support work and children's centre activities for children and their families.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BELOW STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS, AND DISTRESS, AND PROVIDE LEISURE TIME FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR FAMILIES IN WEST BOWLING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £23,031 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £553,769 against expenditure of £530,738. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £367,205, which the trustees noted is in excess of their historic policy target of holding six months of operating expenditure. The accounts were independently examined rather than audited.

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: 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~24.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• HAQUEQ SIDDIQUEchair
• Helen Hall
• Lyndsey Roche
• Sumera Shabir
• Talat Sajawal

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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