DUNSTER PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1016823 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DUNSTER PLAYGROUP

We are a happy pre-School for children 24 months upwards. We prepare children for the Reception Class of our main school and other schools.

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Latest income
£75k
Latest spending
£86k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a significant loss of £10,577 due to lower-than-expected attendance, reduced fundraising, and higher staffing costs. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have decreased to £9,497 as the pre-school bears extra costs resulting from inadequate government funding for early years provision.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£75k£86k
31/08/2024£81k£79k
31/08/2023£65k£79k
31/08/2022£71k£80k
31/08/2021£73k£78k

Common questions

Is DUNSTER PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a significant loss of £10,577 due to lower-than-expected attendance, reduced fundraising, and higher staffing costs. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have decreased to £9,497 as the pre-school bears extra costs resulting from inadequate government funding for early years provision. 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 Fund30/03/2006£727Playhouse