POTLEY HILL COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1023187 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POTLEYHILL COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP

Potley Hill Community Preschool was established in 1979 and provides preschool learning and play facilities for children between the ages of 2 and 5 years in the Yateley area. The Preschool is based at Frogmore Campus, Potley Hill Road, Yateley. The Committee are the managing trustees and meet every month to manage and oversee the preschool's business affairs

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: 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £18,347 on unrestricted funds for the period ended 31 August 2025, with total net assets and reserves standing at £258,110. The trustees maintain a designated strategic contingencies reserve of £212,000, which they consider sufficient to provide working capital should there be delays in government funding or a downturn in attendance. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause concern regarding the accounts or the charity's compliance with statutory requirements.

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 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.

• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Potley Hill Preschool (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Wallbankchair
• Christina Ashford
• Hayley Jackson
• Jamie Lewis
• Katie McCullogh
• Mirela Tiron
• Rebecca Lewis
• Stephanie Norton
• Theo Hayle

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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