BRAMBLES CHILDCARE

Registered charity 1175924 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FUN CLUB

Brambles Childcare offers wraparound care for children aged 3 to 11 and Playgroup for children aged 2 to 4. We have use of the adjoining school's facilities at designated times. We offer a wide range of activities to ensure the child's social, intellectual, physical and emotional needs are catered for. Our childcare activities are designed to encourage learning through play/firsthand experience.

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 generated a net surplus of £36,331.73 for the year, increasing its cash reserves to £40,531.56. The trustees report that this reserve level represents significant progress toward their policy target of covering three months of wages and tax payments, which they estimate at £60,000. The charity maintains that its current resources are sufficient to meet its obligations in the event of adverse conditions.

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 4 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Francis Matthewschair
• Emily Hender · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachael Eleanor Wass

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST AGNES DAY NURSERY.

• ST AGNES DAY NURSERY income £232k
• The School House Wraparound Childcare income £105k
• RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k
• BRAMBLE BROOK PRE-SCHOOL income £196k
• ST BEDE'S CHILDCARE LIMITED income £3.9m
• MANOR CHILD CARE CENTRE income £173k

Side by side with its peers

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