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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

CENTRE PRESCHOOL (COLCHESTER)

We are an affordable Pre-school, supporting the local area: offering a very high standard of care to children of all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds.We have a fantastic range of activities including an outdoor play area to promote co-ordination and confidence in the outside world as well as additional development for learning through the Pre-school garden.
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Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£113£104£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£100£106£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£118£114£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£119£115£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£117£127£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18*£129£121£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£99£102£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16*£87£88£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15*£84£85£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£85£83£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13£79£76£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12£74£69£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/11£74£65£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/10£58£60£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/09£63£63£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/08£58£55£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/07£57£46£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/06*£42£36£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£40£37£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04£34£28£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 31 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Child day-care services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANITA THOMAS Appointed: 2024
  • SUE LISSIMORE Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/03/1994, number: 1035531
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 33 days late, AR16: 113 days late, AR15: 27 days late, AR06: 26 days late,
Main office

329 Straight Road
Colchester
CO3 9EF

Objectives

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 SUCH 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COLCHESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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