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.

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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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sally Purssellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Annapurna Parsonson
Danielle Sadler
Katie Nash
Laura Wood

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

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
BLANCHMINSTER TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
BODMIN PRE-SCHOOL income £138k
STICKY FINGERS PRE-SCHOOL TEMPLECOMBE income £147k
Farmborough Pre-school income £101k
ST MARGARETS PRE-SCHOOL LACEBY income £171k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COMBE PRE-SCHOOL	£157k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£188k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BODMIN PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£138k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
STICKY FINGERS PRE-SCHOOL TEMPLECOMBE FY2025	£147k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Farmborough Pre-school FY2025	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARGARETS PRE-SCHOOL LACEBY FY2025	£171k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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