MERRY-GO-ROUND UNDER 5'S

Registered charity 1010031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To enhance the development and education of children under school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children.

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Latest income
£130k
Latest spending
£122k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of nearly £8k, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £95k. The trustees describe these cash reserves as 'healthy' and note that the charity remains protected in the short term by this large reserve position despite falling child numbers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Operating shortfalls, and Investing in the setting (held: £95k)
Reserves are set aside to 1. Operating shortfalls, and 2. Investing in the setting
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£130k£122k
31/08/2024£124k£116k
31/08/2023£98k£138k
31/08/2022£87k£85k
31/08/2021£114k£95k

Common questions

Is MERRY-GO-ROUND UNDER 5'S financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of nearly £8k, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £95k. The trustees describe these cash reserves as 'healthy' and note that the charity remains protected in the short term by this large reserve position despite falling child numbers. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/10/2009£10kEnhancement of Merry-Go-Round Mobile

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION1£91k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERRY GO ROUND PRE SCHOOL SANDWICH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MERRY-GO-ROUND UNDER 5'S£130k0aboveno doubt
MERRY GO ROUND PRE SCHOOL SANDWICH FY2025£128k0unclearno doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025£104k0unclearno doubt
FUN 4 KIDZ FY2025£1.2m0unclearno doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£807k0belowno doubt
CRESCENT UNDER FIVES FY2025£172k0unclearno doubt

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