BLACKHEATH MONTESSORI CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 285105 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Montessori Childrens Nursery Age 2.5 to 5 yrs old

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF SIX YEARS AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THOSE OBJECTS, TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR SUCH CHILDREN IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH AND/OR LEWISHAM AND ELSEWHERE AND TO STIMULATE THEIR NATURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ABILITIES.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGHS OF GREENWICH AND LEWISHAM

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 reported a net outgoing resource of £2,306 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a net incoming resource of £3,386 in the prior year. Total funds stood at £428,326, with unrestricted reserves of £347,204. The directors consider these reserves adequate to support activities for the medium term despite a predicted downturn in children attending.

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
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01622834

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• COMBE, Clarisse Chantal — director, appointed 15/05/2017on trustee list
• ATKINSON, Lisa Jane — director, appointed 14/06/2004not on trustee list
• JEROME, Victoria — director, appointed 18/10/2002on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (96% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clarisse Combe
• MRS L ATKINSON
• VICTORIA JEROME

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Greenwich · Lewisham

Income and spending

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