ST JAMES' PRESCHOOL (PETTS WOOD)

Registered charity 1155027 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST JAMES' PRESCHOOL

Fundraising activities include but not exhausted to yearly pub quiz, termly bake sales and collections during plays, dressing up days by the children, photos and Christmas cards.

Objects

THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS OBJECTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY:1) PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;2) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;3) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;4) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;5) PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO; AND6) FURTHERING THE AIMS 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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Registered contact address: Bromley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a deficit of £6,428 for the year due to increased operating costs and lower attendance. However, the trustees report that the charity remains financially stable with sufficient cash reserves of £30,745 to meet ongoing commitments. The trustees are satisfied that the charity is a going concern and well placed to continue its services.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2024 (received 03/06/2026, 338 days after the 30/06/2025 due date); year ending 31/08/2023 (received 10/04/2025, 284 days after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 16/11/2023, 139 days after the 30/06/2023 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 17/07/2023, 382 days after the 30/06/2022 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Danni Forzonichair
• Karen Aine Sharrock
• Roberta Scendoni

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

Operates in: Bromley

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• ST ANDREWS PRESCHOOL CAVERSHAM income £146k
• ST MARTIN AND ST MARY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL PTA income £29k
• SOCIAL, HEALTH, ASSISTANCE, RECONCILIATION, EDUCATION income £42k
• PIRTON PRE-SCHOOL income £170k
• ST PETER AND ST PAUL PRE SCHOOL income £152k
• THE CHESTERFORDS COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL income £124k

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