COTTAGE PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1199956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT TO ASSIST THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AGED 2-5 WHO LIVE IN LEWES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, OFFERING THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE AND SUPPORT TO SUCCESSFULLY GROW IN THE COMMUNITY.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE WHO LIVE IN LEWES AND THE SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, TEACHING, GUIDANCE AND CARE FACILITIES.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £20,380 for the year ended 31st August 2025. However, the trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory and manageable, noting that reserves are maintained at a level they deem appropriate to meet the charity's objects.

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 4 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• NICHOLAS HAZLEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Amie-Jayne Eason
• COLIN REYNOLDS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Emily Hazle
• Kathleen Reynolds
• Michelle Evans

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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• COWLING PRESCHOOL AND TODDLERS LIMITED income £64k
• LONG CLAWSON PRE-SCHOOL income £54k
• COGGES UNDER FIVES ASSOCIATION income £129k
• CROWLE PRE-SCHOOL income £139k
• THE LENCHES PRE-SCHOOL income £85k
• THE WENDOVER PRE-SCHOOL income £97k

Side by side with its peers

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