BOSSINGHAM PRE-SCHOOL LTD

Registered charity 1156713 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of childcare and education for children aged 0-5Provision of childcare during outside of term dates for children aged 4-8

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY:(A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;(C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS 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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Latest income

£81k

Latest spending

£347k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the pre-school ceased to operate during the year, leading to the preparation of financial statements on a non-going concern basis. Per the trustees' report, the charity's unrestricted funds decreased significantly from £267,499 to £1,246 due to the cessation of activities and associated expenditures.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“The trustees consider that the charity cannot continue as a going concern and therefore have prepared these accounts on a non-going concern basis.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Conflicting interests
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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08698469 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

CHIVERS, Carolyn Ann — director, appointed 23/01/2025on trustee list
BARNEY, James Nicholas — director, appointed 19/06/2023on trustee list
FORD, Katy — director, appointed 19/06/2023on trustee list
BARNEY, James — secretary, appointed 19/06/2023

Official officers record.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/05/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CAROLYN CHIVERS · trustee of 1 other charity
James Barney
Katy Ford

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£81k	£347k
31/08/2024	£118k	£173k
31/08/2023	£247k	£228k
31/08/2022	£177k	£152k
31/08/2021	£89k	£84k

Common questions

Is BOSSINGHAM PRE-SCHOOL LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the pre-school ceased to operate during the year, leading to the preparation of financial statements on a non-going concern basis. Per the trustees' report, the charity's unrestricted funds decreased significantly from £267,499 to £1,246 due to the cessation of activities and associated expenditures. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.