SHIPDHAM PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1189788 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Shipdham Pre-school is a registered charity, providing high quality childcare up to school age. Shipdham Pre-school is a community based group, which is run by a committee made up of parents and community, together with paid staff. We are a warm and welcoming pre-school, which has been successfully running for many years, and has been based in our purpose built building since 2000, in Shipdham

Objects

THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS 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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Latest income

£122k

Latest spending

£99k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Shipdham Preschool remained in a stable financial position for the year ending 2025, with income broadly meeting expenditure. The trustees report that the charity continues to operate sustainably while maintaining appropriate reserves despite rising operational costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
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
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (02/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Emily Garrod
Laura Stearman

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£122k	£99k
31/08/2024	£91k	£89k
31/08/2023	£60k	£60k
31/08/2022	£60k	£50k
31/08/2021	£0	£0

Common questions

Is SHIPDHAM PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Shipdham Preschool remained in a stable financial position for the year ending 2025, with income broadly meeting expenditure. The trustees report that the charity continues to operate sustainably while maintaining appropriate reserves despite rising operational costs.

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
BLANCHMINSTER TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

LOWDHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £353k
MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL income £100k
HARRIETSHAM PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION income £122k
BIDBURY PRE-SCHOOL (BEDHAMPTON) income £169k
BARHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £169k
BODMIN PRE-SCHOOL income £138k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SHIPDHAM PRE-SCHOOL	£122k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LOWDHAM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£353k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL FY2025	£100k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
HARRIETSHAM PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION FY2025	£122k	—	0	above	—	noted
BIDBURY PRE-SCHOOL (BEDHAMPTON) FY2025	£169k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BARHAM PRE-SCHOOL FY2026	£169k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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