MEPPERSHALL PRE SCHOOL

Charity number: 1031913

Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Pre-School Playgroup

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £162,591

Total expenditure: £169,097

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:

Education/training

Who the charity helps:

Children/young People

How the charity helps:

Provides Human Resources
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Where the charity operates:

Central Bedfordshire

Governance

Registration history:

26 January 1994: Standard registration
15 February 2026: Removed (Ceased to exist)

Organisation type:

Other

Other names:

MEPPERSHALL PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP (Previous name)

Gift aid:

Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid

Other regulators:

No information available

Policies:

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Land and property:

This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure	31/03/2021	31/03/2022	31/03/2023	31/03/2024	31/03/2025
Total gross income	£120.93k	£141.89k	£119.84k	£153.66k	£162.59k
Total expenditure	£111.37k	£135.10k	£123.78k	£144.88k	£169.10k
Income from government contracts	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Income from government grants	£10.00k	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.

Title	Reporting year	Date received	Received
Annual return	31 March 2025	19 January 2026	On time
Accounts and TAR	31 March 2025	19 January 2026	On time
Annual return	31 March 2024	23 January 2025	On time
Accounts and TAR	31 March 2024	23 January 2025	On time
Annual return	31 March 2023	29 February 2024	29 days late
Accounts and TAR	31 March 2023	29 February 2024	29 days late
Annual return	31 March 2022	29 January 2023	On time
Accounts and TAR	31 March 2022	29 January 2023	On time
Annual return	31 March 2021	01 February 2022	1 days late
Accounts and TAR	31 March 2021	01 February 2022	1 days late

Submit annual return

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16/11/1993 AS AMENDED ON 04/05/2006 AS AMENDED ON 01/05/2007 AS AMENDED ON 21/04/2008 AS AMENDED ON 23/05/2011 AS AMENDED ON 22/05/2013 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 05 JUN 2019

Charitable 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

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED