ST MARY'S UNDER FIVES, MARLBOROUGH

Registered charity 900445 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S PLAYGROUP MARLBOROUGH

The charity runs a fully inclusive pre-school setting that provides foundation stage education for 2, 3 and 4 year olds in the Marlborough area.

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are 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 and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Area of benefit: MARLBOROUGH

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 reported a surplus of £21,691 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £129,522 against expenditure of £107,831. Per the trustees' report, the charity's financial position was strengthened by year-end bank and cash balances totaling £117,946, ensuring continued sustainability.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

• ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
• THE ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL income £333k
• ST MARY'S PLAYGROUP CIO income £190k
• ST MARYS NURSERY, CAMBERLEY income £245k
• St Mary's Nursery & Preschool - Charlton Kings income £113k
• THE ST MARY'S AND ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL income £255k

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