BIRMINGHAM NURSERY SCHOOLS COLLABORATION

Registered charity 1164133 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust brings together 27 Maintained Nursery Schools to forfill its charitable purposes. The advancement of education and care for children under five and their families is central to our work. Through the work of our teaching school alliance we provide CPD,research and support to other practitioners to advance quality in all setting who work with children under five.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN EARLY YEARS (BIRTH TO 7 YEARS) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY:1. PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;2. PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;3. PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;

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's financial position is satisfactory, relying on the membership of 27 nursery schools and an annual £200,000 Local Authority agreement. The trustees identify financial sustainability as the major risk but confirm it is addressed through account scrutiny. Annual subscriptions have been waived since 2020-21 due to a carry-forward balance.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DRB. 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.

• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (100% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sharon Lewischair
• Barbara Helen Partridge
• Claire Henebury
• Dr Yupu Lin
• Helen Masaun
• Laura O'Neill
• Lesley Jayne Harris
• Mandy Jane Cryan
• Nicola Pinnegar
• Samantha Richards
• Vanessa Frank

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Solihull · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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