CAMELSDALE PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1167337 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Preschool, in partnership with parents and Carers promotes the learning and development of all children in their care and ensures they are ready for school. This is in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage statutory framework.

Objects

THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY:(1) PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;(2) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;(3) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;(4) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;(5) PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO; AND(6) FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

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 maintained a healthy financial position with a surplus of £4,697.86 for the year ended 31 August 2025. Total income increased to £142,524.24, driven by a significant rise in grant funding, while total expenditure was £137,826.38. The trustees note that staff salaries account for around 80% of total expenditure and that the charity relies on maximum attendance to cover rising costs.

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
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Camelsdale Preschool (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/08/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carmen Powell
• Matthew Cameron Boyd
• Sarah Kathleen Goodwin

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHEPHERDSWELL PRE-SCHOOL.

• SHEPHERDSWELL PRE-SCHOOL income £186k
• Martlesham Preschool income £201k
• SCHOOL LANE PRE-SCHOOL LLANDUDNO income £356k
• CAMDEN COMMUNITY NURSERIES LIMITED income £1.3m
• PLAYWAM PRESCHOOL income £171k
• FLAMSTEAD PRE-SCHOOL income £158k

Side by side with its peers

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