RIDGEWOOD PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1170289 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer Early Years education to the children and families of Yate, Chipping Sodbury and the surrounding area. At Ridgewood Preschool our vision is to provide the highest quality care, whilst creating a nurturing and supportive community of children, parents, carers and highly skilled staff.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN YATE, BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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 generated a net surplus of £10,019 for the year, increasing its total cash funds to £73,451. The trustees report that the preschool continues to manage funding challenges and maintain sustainability through cost vs profit analysis. Reserves are being built up, with a policy to place one third of fundraising monies into reserves annually.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/05/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Allison Glassenburychair
• Danielle Wakefield
• Lucy Jane Mortimer Jefferies
• M WILLIAMS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Louise Mills

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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