JUMPING BEANS NURSERY

Registered charity 1194724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a nursery in Hampden Park, Eastbourne, working with children under the age of 4 years. We benefit, and are accessible to, all sections of the local community. We aim to provide a secure environment, where children can play, learn and flourish. Our Vision: Empowering future generations by nurturing potential.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY:-- PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY CARE AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH BOTH STIMULATING PLAY AND STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES;- WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS/CARERS; OFFERING FLEXIBILITY, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND PROMOTING AND INCREASING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL NEEDS THROUGH REGULAR COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY GROUPS;- ENSURING THE SMOOTH PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIVE HABITS AND ATTITUDES, BY PROVIDING A SAFE, SECURE, CHILD-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES KINDNESS, COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING;- FOLLOWING GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS OF REGISTERING BODIES, WHILST WORKING WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE, PREPARING THE CHILDREN FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION;- OFFERING FAMILY LEARNING, AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR, AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PRESCHOOL GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY; AND- ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN, AND RECOGNITION OF, SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Eastbourne, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a profit of £21,455 against income of £328,188, resulting in unrestricted funds of £83,034. However, the directors report highlights significant difficulty in securing external funding, noting that funders are receiving five times the applications they can grant. The charity is also pursuing a DfE grant to expand premises, indicating a reliance on future capital funding for growth.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by James Todd & Co. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

• Ofsted — Jumping Beans Nursery CIO: Outstanding · Ofsted

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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 06/11/2025, 6 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 01/01/2023 (received 13/12/2023, 42 days after the 01/11/2023 due date); year ending 01/01/2022 (received 27/11/2022, 26 days after the 01/11/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michelle Hockingchair
• Harriet Willson
• Julie Bowles

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STEPPING STONES NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL (CLAVERDON) CIO.

• STEPPING STONES NURSERY AND PRE-SCHOOL (CLAVERDON) CIO income £191k
• AUDEN PLACE COMMUNITY NURSERY income £763k
• DERWENT STEPPING STONES NURSERY AND COMMUNITY TRAINING CENTRE income £1.2m
• JUMBLIES DAY NURSERY income £453k
• THE ISLEDON COMMUNITY NURSERY TRUST income £426k
• TEDDY BEAR NURSERY (WESTFIELD) income £157k

Side by side with its peers

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