DAISY AND RAINBOW CHILDCARE (TOTNES)

Registered charity 1164217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by providing high quality affordable care that will develop their individual capabilities, competences, skills and understanding and to encourage parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children

Objects

'TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE CARE THAT WILL DEVELOP THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING AND TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN'

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 achieved a surplus for the year, allowing for a staff salary increment. Per the trustees' report, reserves include full staff redundancy allowance plus a minimum of one month's salary and overhead costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination.

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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/11/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marianne Parkerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALISON CAROL ROSE
• Dr mary Elisabeth McCarthy
• Liz Hobbs Rhandi
• MICHAEL WILLIAM FOSTER
• Timothy John Bennett · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

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• RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k
• RAINBOW CHILDREN'S NURSERY LIMITED income £432k
• THE RAINBOW CENTRE (MARHAM) income £2.0m
• RAINBOW PRE-SCHOOL (WALLINGFORD) income £295k
• DICKER HOUSE NURSERY GROUP income £154k
• PINCHBECK KIDS CLUB income £122k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.