JIGSAW PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1155860 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of good quality sessional childcare to children aged from two to four years old. We operate between 9am and 3pm during school term time.

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; AND(6) 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: South Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net loss of £6,495 for the year ended 31 August 2026, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing from £66,305 to £59,810. The trustees attributed the loss to increased employer National Insurance costs and lower government funding for free childcare hours relative to costs. Despite the loss, the charity maintains positive net current assets of £59,810.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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• Ofsted — Jigsaw Preschool: Good · Ofsted

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)

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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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 25/10/2024, 117 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/12/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jo-Ann Huntchair
• Eleanor Clapp
• Elisa Davies
• Kristina Woodstock
• Rose Bradshaw

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JIGSAW PRE-SCHOOL (SPROUGHTON).

• JIGSAW PRE-SCHOOL (SPROUGHTON) income £129k
• JIGSAW PRE SCHOOL (SPROUGHTON) income £90k
• JIGSAW - PRESCHOOL (WESTERN WARDS) income £146k
• SWAFFHAM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £203k
• JIGSAW4U LIMITED income £1.5m
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k

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