Bassingham Pre-School and Treetops Club

Registered charity 1180773 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BASSINGHAM PRESCHOOL & TREETOPS, BASSINGHAM PRESCHOOL AND TREETOPS

Bassingham Preschool and Treetops club provide early years educational services for children from the age of 2 up to school starting age and wrap around care for children who attend Bassingham school. We operate on the same site as the School in Bassingham.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE 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.

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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Latest income

£231k

Latest spending

£258k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating loss of £27,422.53 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by increased staffing costs and HR-related expenditure. Despite this loss, the Chair's report asserts that the setting remains in a healthy financial position, although the Committee has decided to close the charity and transfer its provision to a local school.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: The Chair's report explicitly states that the Committee has made the decision to begin the process of transferring the Preschool and Wraparound Care provision to the local school and, ultimately, closing the charity.

“the Committee has made the decision to begin the process of transferring the Preschool and Wraparound Care provision to the local school and, ultimately, closing the charity.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 1 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
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Hayley Ann Curtischair
Amy Matthews
Laura Allen · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£231k	£258k
31/08/2024	£216k	£200k
31/08/2023	£200k	£124k
31/08/2022	£131k	£137k
31/08/2021	£142k	£140k

Common questions

Is Bassingham Pre-School and Treetops Club financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating loss of £27,422.53 for the year ended 31 August 2025, driven by increased staffing costs and HR-related expenditure. Despite this loss, the Chair's report asserts that the setting remains in a healthy financial position, although the Committee has decided to close the charity and transfer its provision to a local school.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TREETOPS PRE-SCHOOL.

TREETOPS PRE-SCHOOL income £248k
UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
LITTLE GEMS'S PRE-SCHOOL BASILDON income £195k
BISHOP SUTTON PRE-SCHOOL AND FOREST CLUB income £156k
BEAUMONT COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £231k
THE KINDERGARTEN income £116k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Bassingham Pre-School and Treetops Club	£231k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TREETOPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£248k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£118k	—	0	below	—	noted
LITTLE GEMS'S PRE-SCHOOL BASILDON FY2024	£195k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BISHOP SUTTON PRE-SCHOOL AND FOREST CLUB FY2025	£156k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BEAUMONT COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£231k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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