COLD ASH PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1174604 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Early Years Education

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS

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 a net surplus of £20,505 for the year, with total receipts of £151,969 against payments of £131,464. Free reserves (Main and Fundraising accounts) total £110,276, which the trustees describe as a 'healthy reserve' that needs careful protection against future uncertainties such as funding changes.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Tesco Fruit and Veg Grants Programme — “We’re delighted to let you know that CAPs application to the Tesco Fruit and Veg Grants Programme has been successful.” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Steven Allumchair
• Bethany Grace Cooper
• Chloe Caroline Franklin
• Eloise Jayne Pilbrow
• Jarrod-Bryan James Price
• Richard Lloyd Hanks
• Sarah Louise Townsend
• Tracey Elaine Bell

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

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• ASHURSTWOOD COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £180k
• Martlesham Preschool income £201k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k

Side by side with its peers

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