KIRKBURTON PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 519330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KIRKBURTON PLAYGROUP, KIRKBURTON PLAYSCHOOL

To provide pre-school education for children aged between 2 years and 5 years, including children with learning needs, by offering appropriate and supportive play and learning experiences and facilities.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY, A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THEW RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULURE RELIGION OR MEANS B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN LOCAL AREAS C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE KIRKBURTON AND HIGHBURTON

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 held unrestricted reserves of £20,188, which it notes is kept to cover three months of operating costs. Total income for the year was £107,439.21 against total expenditure of £106,340.29, resulting in a small surplus. The trustees identified a risk that a downturn in birth rates could negatively impact the charity's ability to operate.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eleanor Kathryn Smith
• Harmony Jordan Marshall
• Lauren Elizabeth Dowie

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £175k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• BROUGHTON PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
• WEMBURY PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
• BISHOP SUTTON PRE-SCHOOL AND FOREST CLUB income £156k
• STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k

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