Sowing Seeds Family Hub

Registered charity 1173396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOWING SEEDS PRE SCHOOL

We are a community family hub based at Life Church in Cuffley, Hertfordshire. Our aim is to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and supported. We want to meet the needs of our community by providing a range of support groups and services for all ages, from babies to the elderly.

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 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 unrestricted reserves stood at £10,433 at the year end, an increase from £5,455 in the previous year. The trustees consider the financial position and reserves to be satisfactory, noting that the charity maintains a contingency fund to meet staff salaries and essential running costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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.

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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Louise Hockney · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amanda Susan Beeton
• Jennifer Ruth Kuhl
• Lindsey Harvey
• Stephen Harvey

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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