BACTON UNDER FIVES

Registered charity 293638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CHILDCARE & EDUCATION.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY:- A. PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFACTORY GROUP PLAY, IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART. B. ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN. C. FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Latest income

£415k

Latest spending

£378k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that government funding is the primary income source but does not fully cover actual provision costs due to rising wages and utilities. The charity holds minimal reserves and notes a risk that continued cost increases without corresponding funding could deplete these reserves. Fundraising is utilized to cover specific capital needs such as fencing and building repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimal reserves for unexpected building costs and redundancy

“We try to keep a minimal reserves for unexpected building costs that may occur during Autumn term where our income drops due to lower attendance, and also in case of redundancy.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“If rising costs continue to increase and the Government funding we receive does not reflect that, there is a risk that we could deplete our reserves.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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 — Bacton Under Fives (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Tropeanochair
Helena Rayment
Katie West

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£415k	£378k
31/03/2024	£319k	£340k
31/03/2023	£283k	£281k
31/03/2022	£236k	£354k
31/03/2021	£243k	£234k

Common questions

Is BACTON UNDER FIVES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that government funding is the primary income source but does not fully cover actual provision costs due to rising wages and utilities. The charity holds minimal reserves and notes a risk that continued cost increases without corresponding funding could deplete these reserves. Fundraising is utilized to cover specific capital needs such as fencing and building repairs.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE.

THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE income £821k
BARN OWLS ETCHINGHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
BROADMAYNE AND WEST KNIGHTON PRE-SCHOOL income £110k
NEW BROUGHTON FULL DAY CHILD CARE income £120k
BARBICAN PRE-SCHOOL income £121k
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BACTON UNDER FIVES	£415k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£821k	—	above	—	no doubt
BARN OWLS ETCHINGHAM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£118k	—	above	—	no doubt
BROADMAYNE AND WEST KNIGHTON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW BROUGHTON FULL DAY CHILD CARE FY2025	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BARBICAN PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£121k	—	above	—	no doubt

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