COMBE PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1022602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMBE PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION

Combe Pre-School provides a fun, safe and educational environment for children from the age of 2 until they enter primary school. Situated in the rooms adjacent to the Methodist Church and the only provider of pre-school education in the village Combe Pre-School also serves neighbouring villages. There are currently 8 employed teaching staff.

Objects

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

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: West Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£157k

Latest spending

£154k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances are stable and healthy, reporting a small surplus of income over expenditure for the year ended August 2025. The trustees note that while the charity faces financial pressures from rising wage bills and inflation, its current level of reserves is sufficient to support operations in the foreseeable future.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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Ofsted — Combe Pre-School: Good · Ofsted

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
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Government income: £109,319 — grants £109,319 (3); 70% of the £157,263 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Government income: £93,294 — grants £93,294 (3); 48% of the £194,368 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Government income: £51,895 — grants £51,895 (3); 39% of the £131,535 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Danielle Sadlerchair
Annapurna Parsonson
Katie Nash
Laura Wood
Sally Purssell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£157k	£154k
31/08/2024	£194k	£131k
31/08/2023	£132k	£116k
31/08/2022	£113k	£112k
31/08/2021	£102k	£117k

Common questions

Is COMBE PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's finances are stable and healthy, reporting a small surplus of income over expenditure for the year ended August 2025. The trustees note that while the charity faces financial pressures from rising wage bills and inflation, its current level of reserves is sufficient to support operations in the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/07/2019	£10k	Combe Preschool Outdoor Area project

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Farmborough Pre-school.

Farmborough Pre-school income £101k
CHINGFORD MOUNT BAPTIST CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL income £144k
BODMIN PRE-SCHOOL income £138k
CAMELSDALE PRESCHOOL income £143k
HIGHFIELD COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £158k
HOLCOMBE BROOK METHODIST PRE-SCHOOL income £117k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COMBE PRE-SCHOOL	£157k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Farmborough Pre-school FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHINGFORD MOUNT BAPTIST CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BODMIN PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£138k	—	below	—	no doubt
CAMELSDALE PRESCHOOL FY2025	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HIGHFIELD COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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