KINGSHURST CATERPILLARS CIO

Registered charity 1193128 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KINGSHURST CATERPILLARS C.I.C

We provide care and education for children aged between 2 and 4 years old in a safe and secure environment. Children are helped to develop all aspects of their development. They are helped to overcome any disadvantage. Activities take place both indoors and outdoors. We provide this service during term time only, with 2 sessions of three hours each day

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AGED TWO TO FOUR YEARS OLD WITHIN KINGSHURST AND SURROUNDING AREAS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY:· PROVIDING GOOD QUALITY CARE AND EDUCATION FOR TWO TO FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN WITHIN KINGSHURST AND SURROUNDING AREAS· ENHANCING CHILDREN’S SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT· PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PARENTS/ CARERS CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE LOOKED AFTER SAFELY IN A WARM AND ENCOURAGING ATMOSPHERE· ENCOURAGING PARENTS / CARERS AND THE COMMUNITY TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE EARLY EDUCATION OF LOCAL CHILDREN· ENSURING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN AND ADULTS.

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 generated a net surplus of £4,139 for the year, with total income of £129,494 against expenditure of £125,355. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £54,915, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their stated policy of maintaining a minimum of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The charity relies on a three-year grant from Children in Need to cover staff salaries and rent, noting that without this funding they would not be able to operate.

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.

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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Doreen Rhona Lee
• Elizabeth May Cobley
• JANE ELIZABETH MCNALLY
• JEAN CHRISTINE JOHNSON
• Kate Brattle
• Kelly Louise Hunter
• Zoe Hall

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

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