LITTLE GILLIES

Registered charity 1204377 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childcare provision for children aged 3 months to 3 years

Objects

THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3 MONTHS AND 3 YEARS IN WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT 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.

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 held unrestricted reserves of £57,506 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £31,082. The trustees report that the charity ran at a loss in its first months but has since onboarded over 30 families and is working to become more efficient. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Little Gillies Daycare (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wensum Trust — “Little Gillies, with support from the Wensum Trust, is located on the Wells Primary & Nursery School site.” (source page)
• Holkham Estate — “With the support of the Wensum Trust, Holkham Estate and the town of Wells-next-the-Sea, Little Gillies was hatched!!” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helena Deakinchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALEXANDRA TRIPLOW
• Ben Hunter-Watts
• CATHERINE SCOLES
• Chloe Thompson
• FRANCES NICOLA MARSHALL
• Grace Goodman
• Janet Lavender
• LUCY WINES
• Noelle Skivington · trustee of 1 other charity
• VALERIE CHITTY

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LITTLE BEARS DAY CARE.

• LITTLE BEARS DAY CARE income £474k
• ROWLANDS GILL UNDER FIVES (COMPANY) income £184k
• LITTLE LEARNERS PRE SCHOOL income £153k
• LITTLE NIPPERS PRE-SCHOOL income £226k
• SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £290k
• BOLTON LOW HOUSES CHILDCARE UNIT income £295k

Side by side with its peers

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