MARY SEACOLE DAY NURSERY AND FAMILY SUPPORT UNIT

Registered charity 1162115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MSDNFSU

The provision of a first-class childcare and nursery facility, for children aged 3 months to 5 years old in the Reading area. By charging a competitive fee, we hope to make this facility available to parents and children who would not normally have access to nursery education.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FULL TIME NURSERY DAY CARE FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN IN THE READING AREA BETWEEN THREE MONTHS AND FIVE YEARS

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 reported a net deficit of £9,340 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £42,292. The charity holds unrestricted reserves (Accumulated General Fund) of £277,605, which the trustees describe as satisfactory and sufficient to ensure long-term viability through cash flow projections. The organization is fully self-financing, relying primarily on fees for income.

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 3 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAOOD KHANchair

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

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