HOPSCOTCH NURSERY

Registered charity 1203048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a Day care nursery setting providing educational learning, play facilities and care during term times for children aged from 30 months old based in the grounds of the local primary school.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN WALES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEEDS THROUGH HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE PROVISION.

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: Monmouthshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£139k

Latest spending

£144k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £17,829.50 in reserves as of 31 August 2025, which is below the stated policy target of three months' running costs. The trustees note that the majority of funding comes from Early Years funding and parental fees, with income fluctuating based on attendance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 months running costs at a minimum (reserves figure: £18k)

“It is the policy of the committee to hold reserves to the amount of 3 months running costs at a minimum.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW). 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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 1
Government income: £54,275 — contracts £41,325 (1), grants £12,950 (3); 39% of the £138,741 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Government income: £3,115 — grants £3,115 (1); 8% of the £40,777 total gross income on the same return

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Janet Ann Bakerchair
Amy Jane Allen
Chloe Osborne
Elizabeth Hope Smith
Jenny Alexandra Lennon
Jonathan Tingay · trustee of 1 other charity
Lana Maria Tingay · trustee of 1 other charity
carly powell

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

Operates in: Monmouthshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£139k	£144k
31/08/2024	£41k	£22k

Common questions

Is HOPSCOTCH NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £17,829.50 in reserves as of 31 August 2025, which is below the stated policy target of three months' running costs. The trustees note that the majority of funding comes from Early Years funding and parental fees, with income fluctuating based on attendance.

Charities like this

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

EAST HARPTREE NURSERY PRE-SCHOOL income £516k
HOPSCOTCH UNDER FIVES LIMITED income £711k
BOVINGTON NURSERY income £796k
DALLOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £339k
CRANK NURSERY LIMITED income £1.5m
HIGHMORE HEDGEHOGS NURSERY LIMITED income £210k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOPSCOTCH NURSERY	£139k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EAST HARPTREE NURSERY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£516k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOPSCOTCH UNDER FIVES LIMITED FY2025	£711k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOVINGTON NURSERY FY2025	£796k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DALLOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025	£339k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CRANK NURSERY LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	below	—	no doubt

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