WOODPECKERS PRESCHOOL CIO

Registered charity 1182859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVISION OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION AND CARE FOR 2 TO 5 YEAR OLD CHILDREN

Objects

THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS OBJECTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OFCHILDREN 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 had net receipts of £7,323 for the year, resulting in a decrease in cash and bank balances from £129,886 to £122,563. The trustees confirm the charity can meet its liabilities as they fall due, indicating no immediate liquidity crisis. However, the charity faces potential future relocation costs and rising wage bills, which it aims to mitigate through fundraising and designated reserves for property purchase.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 (10/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Steven Whitechair
• Chelsea Groome
• James Ashby King
• Stephanie Simpson
• Victoria Hunter

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

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• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
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• AYCLIFFE DRIVE PRESCHOOL CIO income £129k
• WOODLEY PRESCHOOL income £134k
• INTAKE PRE-SCHOOL income £318k

Side by side with its peers

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