Registered charity · Castle Cary
The Toybox Preschool
- 9 trustees
- Income £99k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dionne BanburyTrustee · since 2024
- Frances Eleanor AldenTrustee · since 2023
- Georgina HoleTrustee · since 2024
- Hannah Garden-CresseyTrustee · since 2022
- Hayley GrovesTrustee · since 2024
- Jessica ThompsonTrustee · since 2022
- Laura TillingTrustee · since 2022
- Penelope SmillieTrustee · since 2023
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- Stephen HigginsTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 4 other charities:
- The Glade Centre · 1 shared trustee
- EAT Cary · 1 shared trustee
- Friends of Mufulira · 1 shared trustee
- Friends of Castle Cary Community Library. · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- www.toyboxpreschool.weebly.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£99k£113k
- 2024£108k£101k
- 2023£93k£79k
Earlier years
- 2022£71k£65k
- 2021£58k£55k
Charitable objects
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.
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How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Dionne Banbury since 2024
- Frances Eleanor Alden since 2023
- Georgina Hole since 2024
- Hannah Garden-Cressey since 2022
- Hayley Groves since 2024
- Jessica Thompson since 2022
- Laura Tilling since 2022
- Penelope Smillie since 2023
- Stephen Higgins since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dionne Banbury since 2024
- Frances Eleanor Alden since 2023
- Georgina Hole since 2024
- Hannah Garden-Cressey since 2022
- Hayley Groves since 2024
- Jessica Thompson since 2022
- Penelope Smillie since 2023
- Stephen Higgins since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Laura Tilling since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1038181
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27 APRIL 1994 AS AMENDED 24 APRIL 2009 as amended on 23 Nov 2022 as amended on 23 Nov 2022 as amended on 23 Nov 2023
- Contact on the register
- 01963359600 · toyboxcastlecary@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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