RIDGEWAY METHODIST CHILDREN'S CARE CENTRE

Registered charity 1162802 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide childcare as a preschool registered by Ofsted and also run separate parent and toddler sessions. We are part of the mission of Ridgeway Methodist Church, Plympton, Plymouth PL7 1JJ and operate on the church premises.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS AN INDEPENDENT EXPRESSION OF THE MISSION OF RIDGEWAY METHODIST CHURCH (CHARITY NUMBER 1128711) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1 IN ADVANCING THE SECULAR AND SPIRITUAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN FROM THE AGES OF 0 UP TO AND INCLUDING 11 YEARS; AND3.2 IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OF CHILDREN FROM THE AGES OF 0 UP TO AND INCLUDING 11 YEARS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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 the charity achieved a small surplus of £504 for the year, with unrestricted reserves totaling £59,281. The trustees' report notes that financial challenges remain due to decreasing government funding and rising costs, particularly wages. Reserves are held at a level exceeding the stated policy of six months' reserves plus redundancy provisions.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• PATRICIA MARY STEADchair
• Graham Geoffrey Blake-Lobb
• JOHN BUTTLE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jennifer Louise Kirby
• Linda Ann Peters
• Phyllis Margaret Jones
• Rev Amanda Suzanne Roper · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ronald Antony Meathrel

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

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