LONGTOWN CHILDCARE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1164075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PEAR TREE NURSERY

We are a day nursery providing full and part-time childcare for children from 3 months to 4 years. We provide wrap-around care for school age children and a holiday club in school holidays. We are a non-profit making organisation and are run by a voluntary board of trustees.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES IN AND AROUND LONGTOWN.

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 made a profit of £41,236 in the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a loss of £20,840 in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £151,817, which is within the stated policy target of a maximum of six months of regular outgoings. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the financial statements were materially non-compliant.

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 5 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
• Financial reserves 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Blair
• Kathryne Lamb
• Lorna Hogg · trustee of 1 other charity
• MRS LIZ WOOD

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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