Registered charity · Gloucestershire
Blue Coat PRE-School Unit and Busy Bees
- 11 trustees
- Income £368k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John HicksChair · since 2024
- Carolyn MilnerTrustee · since 2024
- Charlotte EdmondsTrustee · since 2024
- Emma GrantTrustee · since 2024
- Emma PardyTrustee · since 2024
- Esther BeebyTrustee · since 2020
- Freya EyleyTrustee · since 2024
- Gavin TapsfieldTrustee · since 2024
- Holly McgrathTrustee · since 2025
- Joanna JessTrustee · since 2018
- Joanna StansfieldTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- www.bluecoatprimary.com/busybees (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£368k£353k
- 2024£275k£302k
- 2023£244k£247k
Earlier years
- 2022£173k£176k
- 2021£124k£112k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 53%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE AIM OF THE GROUP IS TO EMBODY THE VISION OF PATA THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND ALSO OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY (VOLUNTARY MANAGED) GROUPS AND BY: (A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, 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 AND YOUNG PEOPLE, 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 AREA
Board analysis
Board DNA
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.
11 trustees on the board
- John Hicks Chair since 2024
- Carolyn Milner since 2024
- Charlotte Edmonds since 2024
- Emma Grant since 2024
- Emma Pardy since 2024
- Esther Beeby since 2020
- Freya Eyley since 2024
- Gavin Tapsfield since 2024
- Holly Mcgrath since 2025
- Joanna Jess since 2018
- Joanna Stansfield since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Joanna Jess since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- John Hicks Chair since 2024
- Carolyn Milner since 2024
- Charlotte Edmonds since 2024
- Emma Grant since 2024
- Emma Pardy since 2024
- Esther Beeby since 2020
- Freya Eyley since 2024
- Holly Mcgrath since 2025
- Joanna Jess since 2018
- Joanna Stansfield since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Gavin Tapsfield since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1092513
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 2 MAY 2002 AS AMENDED ON 20 OCTOBER 2010.AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 04 NOV 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01453525022 · admin@bluecoatpreschoolbusybees.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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