BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (CHAPMANSLADE)

Registered charity 298660 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORSLEY AND CHAPMANSLADE PLAYGROUP

A Pre-School which is registered to take 20 Children each day aged 2 - 5 year. to provide a happy, fun and stimulating environment to enable all the children to develop their skills at their own pace, through free choice and structured play.Provision of a Breakfast and After School club in connection with Chapmanslade Junior School

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGY BY A) PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING 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: CORSLEY AND CHAPMANSLADE

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
£128k
Latest spending
£115k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £12,130 for the year, with total income of £127,552 and total expenditure of £115,422. The trustees report a satisfactory financial position and hold reserves of £48,484, which are held towards the cost of a replacement building. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention regarding compliance with the Charities Act.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Held towards cost of a replacement building (held: £48k)
“HELD TOWARDS COST OF A REPLACEMENT BUILDING”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£128k£115k
31/12/2023£104k£104k
31/12/2022£105k£92k
31/12/2021£99k£80k
31/12/2020——

Common questions

Is BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (CHAPMANSLADE) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £12,130 for the year, with total income of £127,552 and total expenditure of £115,422. The trustees report a satisfactory financial position and hold reserves of £48,484, which are held towards the cost of a replacement building. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention regarding compliance with the Charities Act. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/08/2004£4krefurbish mobile classroom

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (BISHOPS SUTTON).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (CHAPMANSLADE)£128k—0unclear—no doubt
BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL (BISHOPS SUTTON) FY2024£103k—0unclear—no doubt
BUSY BEES PRESCHOOL (BEMERTON) FY2025£198k—0unclear—no doubt
BUSY BEES FY2025£196k—0unclear—no doubt
BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP FY2025£176k—0unclear114.2%no doubt
BRAYTON BUSY BEES PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt

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