The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Windmill PRE-School

Registered charity 1106496 Registered since 2004

Operates: Essex

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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.

2 trustees on the board

5y median 5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£100k latest income
278 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.thewindmillpreschool.co.uk
Emailwindmillcommittee@gmail.com
Phone01371 831457
AddressThe Windmill Pre School, Bolford Street Hall, Bolford Street, Thaxted, DUNMOW, CM6 2PY

Finances

£99,522 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£63,951£57,401
2022£86,083£85,469
2023£83,436£85,429
2024£99,522£90,077
2025

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Services

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:3.1 OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE 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 WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION MEANS OR ABILITY;3.2 ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;3.3 INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/01/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/03/2014

Trustees (2)

2trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Windmill PRE-School · 05021469 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/01/2004

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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