VICTORIA ROAD PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1020175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VICTORIA ROAD PLAYGROUP

We are a pre-school which was formed in 1968.We care for children aged 2 to 4 years old from Monday to Friday during school term times only.The pre-school runs 5 days a week offering either 3, 5 or 6 hour sessions. 8:50-2:50, 9am-12 and 9am-2.

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right 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 whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(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 areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Area of benefit: TILEHURST

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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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net operating loss of £8,958.27 for the year ended July 31, 2026, with total expenditures of £128,705.54 exceeding total income of £119,747.27. The filing does not disclose any reserves, going concern warnings, or auditor reports.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joanne Graham
• Lauren Hawkins
• Sharon Hammond

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Common questions

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• VICTORIA PRE-SCHOOL income £247k
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• MARDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £224k
• ESSEX ROAD PRE-SCHOOL income £125k
• GROVE ROAD PRE-SCHOOL income £179k
• WHITE ROCK PRE-SCHOOL income £115k

Side by side with its peers

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