CENTRE PRESCHOOL (COLCHESTER) CIO

Registered charity 1185820 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRE PRESCHOOL (COLCHESTER), CENTRE PRESCHOOL (COLCHESTER)CIO

Preschool run by trustees

Objects

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; 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 ended the year with a surplus of £4,940, bringing total unrestricted funds to £70,275. The trustees report confidence in the long-term viability of the charity and note that there are no creditors falling due within one year. Reserves are held within the stated policy target of 2 to 12 months of expenditure.

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 5 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anita Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity
• Katherine Ashley
• Sue Lissimore · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
• THE CHESTERFORDS COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL income £124k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL income £165k
• Braunston Preschool CIO income £162k
• Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-School income £137k

Side by side with its peers

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