VICTORIA GEMS, JEWELS AND TREASURES

Registered charity 1180854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childcare Provider offering wraparound care and Early Education.

Objects

THE AIM OF THE CHILDCARE PROVIDER IS TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN WALES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEEDS THROUGH HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE PROVISION

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

£146k

Latest spending

£134k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £116,484 at the end of the period, exceeding its stated policy target of £26,000. The charity reports that its financial position is supported by income from fees and local authority funding, though it notes that the Local Authority funding is subject to a Service Level Agreement reviewed every two years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Unclear

“For Gems and Jewels, we receive income from fees charged to parents and carers and also from the local authority via the 30-hour Childcare Offer.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £26,000 (held: £116k)

“We aim to hold an amount of £26,000 in our Reserves Policy, to cover redundancies and/or other unforeseen events that could cause the setting to close or temporarily cease to operate.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“We have a Service Level Agreement in place with the Local authority to this effect which is normally reviewed every two years.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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
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Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREA EVANSchair
CARA SPINKS · trustee of 1 other charity
Deborah Clare Eccles

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

Operates in: Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£146k	£134k
31/03/2024	£172k	£156k
31/03/2023	£145k	£122k
31/03/2022	£117k	£95k
31/03/2021	£89k	£91k

Common questions

Is VICTORIA GEMS, JEWELS AND TREASURES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £116,484 at the end of the period, exceeding its stated policy target of £26,000. The charity reports that its financial position is supported by income from fees and local authority funding, though it notes that the Local Authority funding is subject to a Service Level Agreement reviewed every two years. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

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
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	1	£4k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

VICTORIA PRE-SCHOOL income £247k
VICTORIA COLLEGE LIMITED income £1.5m
THE VINES PLAYGROUP income £101k
VICTORIA PARK HARRIERS AND TOWER HAMLETS AC income £140k
THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION income £53.1m
ABC CHILDCARE (IPSWICH) LTD income £253k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VICTORIA GEMS, JEWELS AND TREASURES	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
VICTORIA PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£247k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
VICTORIA COLLEGE LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE VINES PLAYGROUP FY2025	£101k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
VICTORIA PARK HARRIERS AND TOWER HAMLETS AC FY2025	£140k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION FY2025	£53.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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