ST. MICHAEL'S EXTENDED SCHOOL

Registered charity 1019788 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEAHURST PLAYGROUP, ST. MICHAEL'S FOUNDATION UNIT (PRE-SCHOOL)

Providing Private and Voluntary Sector care and education facilities for children aged 3 - 11 which forms St. Michael's Extended School. These facilities include a Breakfast Club, Pre-school and After-school Club

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND CARE OF CHILDREN FROM AGES 3-11 YEARS BY;-(A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS, TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREA

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Registered contact address: Halton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£122k

Latest spending

£73k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £62,925 to £112,260 during the year, driven by a significant rise in other incoming resources from £10,230 to £86,822. The charity reports no creditors falling due after one year and maintains a positive net asset position of £112,260. The trustees note that sufficient reserves are retained to cover orderly closedown costs and short-term cash flow fluctuations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Sufficient reserves are retained to cover the costs of an orderly closedown should the funding not continue, principally staff redundancy costs, with a margin to cover short-term fluctuations in cash flow and unforeseen expenditure. (reserves figure: £112k)

“Sufficient reserves are retained to cover the costs of an orderly closedown should the funding not continue, principally staff redundancy costs, with a margin to cover short-term fluctuations in cash flow and unforeseen expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Government income: £86,822 — contracts £86,822 (1); 71% of the £122,422 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Government income: £74,694 — contracts £74,694 (1); 66% of the £113,767 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 17/07/2024, 17 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Lisa Edinborough
Susan Charlesworth

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£122k	£73k
31/08/2024	£39k	£40k
31/08/2023	£114k	£92k
31/08/2022	£102k	£80k
31/08/2021	£90k	£77k

Common questions

Is ST. MICHAEL'S EXTENDED SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £62,925 to £112,260 during the year, driven by a significant rise in other incoming resources from £10,230 to £86,822. The charity reports no creditors falling due after one year and maintains a positive net asset position of £112,260. The trustees note that sufficient reserves are retained to cover orderly closedown costs and short-term cash flow fluctuations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL OF ABINGDON	1	£37k

Charities like this

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

ST MICHAELS PRE-SCHOOL income £170k
ST MICHAEL'S SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £50k
CREECH ST MICHAEL COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £113k
ST NICHOLAS' SCHOOL (FLEET) EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £5.5m
ST ANTHONY'S AFTER SCHOOL CLUB income £74k
ST MICHAEL'S PRE-SCHOOL income £220k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST. MICHAEL'S EXTENDED SCHOOL	£122k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MICHAELS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£170k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ST MICHAEL'S SCHOOL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£50k	—	0	below	42.5%	no doubt
CREECH ST MICHAEL COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£113k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST NICHOLAS' SCHOOL (FLEET) EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£5.5m	£80,000 to £90,000	3	unclear	—	no doubt
ST ANTHONY'S AFTER SCHOOL CLUB FY2025	£74k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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