PADDOCKS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1001964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PADDOCKS, PADDOCKS PLAYGROUP

Paddocks is a pre-school catering for children from 2-5 years old

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Latest income

£194k

Latest spending

£163k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £168,007.20 as of 31st August 2025, which is above the stated policy target of £40,000 for running costs and redundancy. The filing reports a surplus for the year of £30,898.84, indicating that income exceeded expenditures during the period.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Paddocks Pre-school 1 (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Beatty
Ellen Siv
Emily Sheath
Lauren Michelle Dunnett
Luke Williams
Mihaela Ionela Iosep

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£194k	£163k
31/08/2024	£162k	£151k
31/08/2023	£131k	£143k
31/08/2022	£174k	£157k
31/08/2021	£161k	£140k

Common questions

Is PADDOCKS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £168,007.20 as of 31st August 2025, which is above the stated policy target of £40,000 for running costs and redundancy. The filing reports a surplus for the year of £30,898.84, indicating that income exceeded expenditures during the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/12/2018	£10k	Outdoor physical play area
Sport England	25/09/2013	£3k	Qualifications for volunteers
Sport England	13/08/2012	£5k	Coaching Project
Sport England	27/05/2009	£8k	Rider instruction for exams project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£95k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OVER PUDDLEDUCKS PRE-SCHOOL.

OVER PUDDLEDUCKS PRE-SCHOOL income £122k
PADDOCK COMMUNITY TRUST income £604k
PUDDLETOWN PLAYGROUP income £150k
HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £198k
PONSANOOTH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £126k
PARKSIDE PRE SCHOOL income £263k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PADDOCKS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP	£194k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OVER PUDDLEDUCKS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PADDOCK COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£604k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PUDDLETOWN PLAYGROUP FY2025	£150k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PONSANOOTH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.