MARY PLATT METHODIST PRE -SCHOOL

Registered charity 1178800 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a small Pre-School set in the premises of Cockermouth Methodist Church. We cater for children from 2 to 5 years and provide a safe and happy environment for them to learn and play. We are currently rated GOOD by Ofsted.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES IN AN OPEN AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS.

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 experienced financial pressures due to government-funded childcare rates falling below previous fee levels, resulting in reduced income despite strong occupancy. However, the trustees report that the preschool remains in a stable position and continues to thrive through dedicated staff and community support.

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
• 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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Dawsonchair
• Alison Linden Beresford Kay
• Heather Cox
• Rory Aidan John O'Gorman

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MATTHEW'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

• ST MATTHEW'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £127k
• ST PETER'S FURZE PLATT LITTLE FISHES PRE SCHOOL income £133k
• MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL income £100k
• ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
• St Mary's Nursery & Preschool - Charlton Kings income £113k
• ST MARY'S UNDER FIVES, MARLBOROUGH income £130k

Side by side with its peers

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