Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 1

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

STOWEY BEARS PRE-SCHOOL

We are a committee run pre-school and operate from the Childrens Centre. We provide all kinds of activities for pre-school children. Painting, all kinds of arts & crafts. We have a computer for the children to use, with various learning applications.We help the children recognise numbers and letters as in the curriculum & help them to interact with each other.We have the use of an outdoor area

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/22	£65	£62	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/21	£73	£66	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/20	£73	£61	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/08/19	£73	£85	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/08/18	£85	£84	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	5
31/08/17	£75	£72	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	£88	£83	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	£75	£82	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14	£74	£74	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13	£73	£82	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12	£94	£79	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11	£75	£78	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10	£67	£73	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09	£46	£43	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08	£36	£36	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/07	£29	£26	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/06	£23	£21	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05	£24	£21	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04	£16	£17	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 31 years

stoweybearspreschool@outlook.com

01278734636

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Nursery schools

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Adaptations to help manage social distancing
£2,000	26/10/2020 4	Equipment and additional staff time needed to adapt and extend premises to increase covid-19 safety as numbers of children increase due to closure of other pre-schools in area
Somerset Community Foundation - Stowey Bears Garden Development
£5,000	07/05/2020 6	Stowey Bears Garden Development

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ELEANOR HIGGINSON Appointed: 2022

LUCY MCCALLUM MAYHEW (Chair) Appointed: 2021

LUCY MITCHELL Appointed: 2018

RACHEL PENNY Appointed: 2023

REBECCA HANNAM Appointed: 2023

SOPHIA BELLAMY Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/07/1993, number: 1023538

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

Stowey Bears
Mill Close
Nether Stowey
Bridgwater
TA5 1NX

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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