WATER LILIES PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1173781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Water Lilies Pre-School is a friendly, non-profit Pre-School based in the small community of Ifield West in Crawley. Open to all Children from 2 - 4 years, we provide a safe, interesting and fun environment in which children can play, learn and grow. We work within the Early Years Foundation Stage 2012 (EYFS) framework in order to support a child's intellectual and social development.

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 the charity made a surplus of £14,742 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £81,444. The trustees confirm that current reserve funds are over three months of expenditure, satisfying their stated reserves policy target. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• Investment
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LEANNE MOUNTAINchair
• Aimee Schofield
• Emma Turner

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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