Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

LADYBIRDS PRE-SCHOOL NEWBURY

Providing Early Years Education to children aged 2-5.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 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
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
31/03/23£118£121£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£96£107£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£158£146£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£185£198£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£225£223£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£231£231£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£174£174£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£166£164£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.ladybirdsnewbury.co.uk

ladybirdsoffice@ladybirdsnewbury.onmicrosoft.

01635 40481

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Nursery schools
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Berkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • GERARD O'NEILL Appointed: 2015
  • JOANNE BATEMAN Appointed: 2022
  • KATHRYN JOHNSTONE Appointed: 2024
  • KATY ATKINS Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/04/2015, number: 1161426
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR18: 106 days late,
Main office

Ladybirds Pre School
Roebuts Close
NEWBURY
RG14 7AP

Objectives

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUARY SCHOOL AGE BY PROVIDING QUALITY CARE AND EDUCATION, WHILST ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILD'S LEARNING.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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