WESTWOOD FARM COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 294802 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESTWOOD FARM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION

Pre-School education, outdoor play area, lunch club

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £16,722.94 for the period ending 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £62,104.38. The treasurer reports that the charity is operating on a forecast break-even basis for the current year and has replenished reserves following previous deficits. However, the Chair's report highlights a critical governance risk, warning that the preschool may have to close permanently if it cannot recruit sufficient committee members to meet constitutional requirements.

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
• 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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jessica Dowlingchair
• Abbie Rapley
• Cheryl Beisly
• Christian Dowling
• Christopher Hatton
• Colin Talbot
• Lucy Hatton
• Nicholas Packham
• Tina Green
• Zoe Purnell

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

• WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £104k
• WEST STREET PRE-SCHOOL income £108k
• CLIFFE WOODS PRE-SCHOOL income £313k
• ASHURSTWOOD COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £180k
• PANGBOURNE VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL income £169k
• ST MARGARETS PRE-SCHOOL LACEBY income £171k

Side by side with its peers

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