FUN START CHILDCARE

Registered charity 1155304 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHT STARS CHILDCARE

Preschool offering sessional care for 18 months - 5 year olds in a safe, fun and stimulating environment

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE

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 that the charity generated a profit of £26,160.88 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £139,989.57 and expenditure of £114,728.69. The trustees report that the charity has successfully enrolled more children and employed more staff, resulting in a total balance of £43,086.44 at the period end. The charity holds £12,256.65 in a redundancy fund, which the trustees describe as a contingency calculated accurately.

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
• Financial reserves 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
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/09/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emily Humphrieschair
• Amy Jackson
• Louise Cavanagh
• TINA JACKSON

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).