CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1019866 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a setting that is inclusive to all. Recognising and treating all children (and families) as individuals and meeting their needs by promoting their development and well being with regard to the Early Years Foundation Stage

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: IN PRACTICE THE CATCHMENT AREA OF CHARMINSTER FIRST SCHOOL

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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Latest income
£189k
Latest spending
£199k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £9,738 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £144,916 to £135,178. The trustees note that reserves are held at a level intended to be at least equivalent to three months of operational expenditure. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operational expenditure (held: £135k)
“The trustees propose to maintain the pre-school reserves at a level which is at least equivalent to three months operational expenditure and ideally nearer to six months operational expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£189k£199k
31/07/2024£162k£165k
31/07/2023£167k£150k
31/07/2022£186k£159k
31/07/2021£161k£150k

Common questions

Is CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £9,738 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £144,916 to £135,178. The trustees note that reserves are held at a level intended to be at least equivalent to three months of operational expenditure. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. 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£5kNew Building

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 NUFFIELD FOUNDATION1£246k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£40k
SWEATY BETTY FOUNDATION1£37k
THE TUDWICK FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL£189k—0unclear—no doubt
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£165k—0below—no doubt
WORLINGHAM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£189k——unclear—no doubt
NEEDINGWORTH COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
Brightwell Pre-School FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt
MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£217k—0above—material uncertainty

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