MERRIOTT PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 801052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MERRIOTT PLAYGROUP, MERRIOTT PLAYGROUP COMMITTEE

The provision of pre-school learning activities for children under 5 years of age who are not in full time education.

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 GROUP AND BY (SEE CONSTITUTION)

Area of benefit: MERRIOTT AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 organization generated total income of £150,293.39 against total payments of £121,278.30, resulting in a surplus of £29,015.09 for the year. The closing balance of unrestricted funds is reported as £107,020.66, represented by bank balances and petty cash. The independent examiner confirmed the accounts are consistent with the books and records.

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
• 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Danni Kilroechair
• Danielle Hawkins
• Katie Slack
• Michelle Case
• Samantha Caddy
• Simon Loughran

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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