HAWTHORN TREE COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CENTRE

Registered charity 1161751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childcare Breakfast, Preschool Afterschool and Holiday Club for 2 to 11 year olds

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION, DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AGED 0-18 YEARS DURING SCHOOL TIME AND OUT OF SCHOOL TIME AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PERSONS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £1,119,348, which the trustees consider adequate to continue current activities. The charity reported a net income of £70,117 for the year, with total funds carried forward increasing to £1,119,348. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~22.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Wright
• Emma Bursnell
• Josephine Campbell
• SANDRA MARY GAUNT
• Sallyann Amos

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HAWTHORNS EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED.

• THE HAWTHORNS EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £8.4m
• THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE income £821k
• ST THOMAS' CHILDREN'S CENTRE income £600k
• HEPWORTH PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB income £126k
• HYTHE BAY CHILDREN'S CENTRE income £846k
• HEATHLANDS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB income £265k

Side by side with its peers

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