Sweet Peas Pre-School CIO

Registered charity 1172751 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIZZY BEES PRE-SCHOOL CIO

Sweet Peas Pre-School CIO is an OFSTED registered childcare setting for children aged 2 to 4 years, term time only. Sweet Peas provides an early years education with a dedicated team of professionals. We accept government funded childcare for children from aged 2 and are an inclusive setting. Sweet Peas has served Wootton and the surrounding villages since 1972 previously know as Bizzy Bees.

Objects

THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS 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 WELL-BEING; 4) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS; 5)PROVIDING SERVICES TO INVIDUALS 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 reported a surplus of £22,338.00 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in closing unrestricted reserves of £130,206.05. The trustees' report indicates that reserves are held between £45,000 and £50,000 to ensure financial viability and cover future projects, though the actual held reserves significantly exceed this stated policy range. The charity relies heavily on government-funded childcare hours and fundraising to support its operations and recent capital investment in a new garden.

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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicola O'Halloranchair
• Claire Buchanan
• Gita Parekh
• Sandra Harvey

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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