ELSECAR COMMUNITY NURSERY

Registered charity 1166889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELSECAR NURSERY

Elsecar Community Nursery provides exciting, stimulating indoor and outdoor activities that meet children's interests and individual needs by planning to meet the Early Years Foundation Stage guidelines. The Nursery provides high quality childcare for children aged 2 - 5 years delivered by qualified, experienced staff.

Objects

3. OBJECTS THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WHICH BENEFIT THE COMMUNITIES OF ELSECAR, HOYLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE BY: • OPERATING, MANAGING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NURSERY TO BE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THOSE COMMUNITIES; • MAINTAINING A BUILDING OF HIGH STANDARDS TO HOUSE THE NURSERY AND ENSURING GOOD FACILITIES FOR ITS USERS AND BENEFICIARIES; • ENSURING APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED AND COMPETENT STAFF TO OPERATE THE NURSERY; AND • WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL AS AND WHEN APPROPRIATE AND PRACTICABLE. 3.2 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF ELSECAR, HOYLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT, AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £21,779, an increase from the previous year's £13,637. The trustees report that forecast income is sufficient to meet anticipated expenditure and enable the charity to continue operating for the foreseeable future. However, the trustees acknowledge ongoing financial pressures from rising operational and staffing costs which present challenges to long-term sustainability.

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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• NEIL ADRIAN SPENCER NPQICLchair
• Rev Eileen Anne Sanderson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnsley

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).