LITTLE OWLS PRESCHOOL PLYMOUTH CIO

Registered charity 1159402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

LITTLE OWLS PRE-SCHOOL PLYMOUTH CIO PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE FOR CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE IN A SAFE AND STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE, FUN WITH LANGUAGE, HEURISTIC PLAY, WOODLAND/FOREST SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, SENSORY ACTIVITIES USING SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT AND VARIOUS OTHER ARTS AND CRAFTS, ROLE PLAY, NUMERACY, LITERACY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES.

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 EQUALITY AND VALUING DIVERSITY;4) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING;5) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;6) PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO;7) ADDING TO THE LIFE AND WELL BEING OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY; AND 8) 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £36,670 for the year ended 30 August 2025, with total turnover of £230,274. Per the trustees' report, the charity is undergoing a handover of its operations to Honeyshutes Childcare to ensure continuity of provision, with assets being purchased and remaining monies to be disposed of according to charitable objects. Total members' funds stood at £198,865, including £85,000 in cash and a business bond.

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
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (28/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SKYE JANE GODFREYchair
• MARK PICKERSGILL
• NICK HELLINGS

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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