ACE NURSERY SCHOOL (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED

Registered charity 271233 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre-school education

Objects

TO ESTABLISH AND CARRY ON A NURSERY SCHOOL WHERE CHILDREN MAY BE EDUCATED BOTH THROUGH PLAY AND TUITION IN READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC, COMPOSITION, MUSIC AND ARTS.

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGE DISTRICT AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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 unrestricted reserves were £670,727 against a policy target of approximately £600,000, indicating reserves are above the stated level. The charity reported a net income surplus of £74,299 for the year and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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 6 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Advisory Centre for Education — “It was founded in 1966 with initial support from the Advisory Centre for Education.” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anke-Elaine Iris Schmidt
• Christine Sevigny
• Christoph Richard Hartwig
• Diana Jennifer Iris Church
• Dr Lucy Anne Tucker
• Dr Orla Lynskey
• Eugenia Ellanskaya Yap
• Jennifer Agnes Payne
• LISA ELAINE TUOHY
• Lauren Elizabeth Robarts
• Lucy Richens
• Nathaniel Darling
• Sadia Awan
• Victoria Helen Harvey

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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