WIDEY COURT PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1019702 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIDEY COURT PLAYGROUP

Pre-school education

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE THE CATCHMENT AREA OF THE PLAYGROUP

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Latest income

£154k

Latest spending

£148k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity experienced finance difficulties during the year, resulting in total payments exceeding total receipts. Despite this, the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £97,294 at the end of the period, with no restricted or endowment funds reported.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: A deposit account is held for redundancies if applicable (held: £97k)

“A deposit account is held for redundancies if applicable” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Overseeing the finance difficulties this year” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Moore
DEBBIE BOTTERILL
KEVIN BELLERBY
Kelly Hicks
Shaun Nicholls

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£154k	£148k
31/08/2024	£138k	£110k
31/08/2023	£133k	£140k
31/08/2022	£144k	£145k
31/08/2021	£129k	£130k

Common questions

Is WIDEY COURT PRESCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity experienced finance difficulties during the year, resulting in total payments exceeding total receipts. Despite this, the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £97,294 at the end of the period, with no restricted or endowment funds reported.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WOODLEY PRESCHOOL.

WOODLEY PRESCHOOL income £134k
WOODPECKERS PRESCHOOL CIO income £168k
COURT FIELDS PRE-SCHOOL CIO income £223k
BROADMAYNE AND WEST KNIGHTON PRE-SCHOOL income £110k
HORFIELD WELLY PRE-SCHOOL income £101k
WEST STREET PRE-SCHOOL income £108k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WIDEY COURT PRESCHOOL	£154k	—	unclear	—	noted
WOODLEY PRESCHOOL FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	noted
WOODPECKERS PRESCHOOL CIO FY2025	£168k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COURT FIELDS PRE-SCHOOL CIO FY2025	£223k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BROADMAYNE AND WEST KNIGHTON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HORFIELD WELLY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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