Registered charity · Preston

Smart Kids Childcare

4 trustees
Income £193k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Where: Lancashire
Website: www.smartkids.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: Smart Kids Childcare
Registered: 2009

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£193k£277k
2024£263k£179k
2023£325k£275k

Earlier years

2022£370k£379k
2021£398k£350k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 58%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

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.

4 trustees on the board

5.5y median 5.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Russell Hayes since 2017

12.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 4Education/training 4

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 3Manufacturing 1

Gaps to watch

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.

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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£263k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

77%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1131945
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/04/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/09/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/10/2010
Companies House: Company number 06873377 · Active
Contact on the register: 01772719719 · info@smartkids.org.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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