SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL GREAT GONERBY

Registered charity 1183918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A charity for the provision of pre-school education to 2-4 year olds in the local community. The charity operates from a village hall monday to friday during school term time.

Objects

THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY:(1) PROMPTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;(2) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;(3) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING;(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 finished the year with unrestricted reserves of £99,079, having incurred a deficit of £5,176 against income of £202,232. The document notes that expenditure increased significantly, primarily due to higher wages and insurance costs, while parental income decreased. The trustees report that all accounts were independently verified in October 2025.

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 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
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Meerschair
• Hannah Gale
• Lucy Ward
• ROWENA HARROP
• SALLIE-ANNE COOK
• Sky Kim Farnsworth
• Stephanie Joyce Linda Jane Preston
• Stephen Robert Cook

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).