PARKWOOD PRE-SCHOOL CIO

Registered charity 1161834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Parkwood Pre-school CIO is open for children from the age of 2 years to 5 years. We have been an OFSTED rated Outstanding Pre-school since 2009.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO:(A) ENHANCE THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY AGE THROUGH OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES, ENSURING THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS.(B) TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN AND TO PROMOTE THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY.(C) TO PROVIDE INFORMATION COURSES FOR PARENTS, PROMOTING A WIDER INTEREST IN, AND RECOGNITION OF, SUCH NEEDS.

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 total funds increased from £67,751 to £99,915 during the year, driven by a net incoming resource of £32,164 against incoming resources of £252,833. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £99,915, with no stated reserves policy target provided for comparison. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts' compliance, indicating no immediate financial distress or control failures were identified.

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
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/05/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Shelley Paynechair
• Claire Bird
• Saskia Reeves
• Susan Hughes

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

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