STOWEY BEARS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1023538 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a committee run pre-school and operate from the Childrens Centre. We provide all kinds of activities for pre-school children. Painting, all kinds of arts & crafts. We have a computer for the children to use, with various learning applications.We help the children recognise numbers and letters as in the curriculum & help them to interact with each other.We have the use of an outdoor area

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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Latest income
£138k
Latest spending
£102k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a net profit of £14,677.09 for the year ending 31 August 2025, with unrestricted reserves (bank balance) increasing to £93,189.73. The trustees note that the charity is in a strong financial position, though they acknowledge rising costs for wages and utilities. The filing confirms that all transactions were accurately accounted for and bank balances reconciled.

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 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£138k£102k
31/08/2024£126k£86k
31/08/2023£67k£65k
31/08/2022£65k£62k
31/08/2021£73k£66k

Common questions

Is STOWEY BEARS PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state a net profit of £14,677.09 for the year ending 31 August 2025, with unrestricted reserves (bank balance) increasing to £93,189.73. The trustees note that the charity is in a strong financial position, though they acknowledge rising costs for wages and utilities. The filing confirms that all transactions were accurately accounted for and bank balances reconciled. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation21/04/2023£5kEnrichment day for children in a Nether Stowey Preschool
Somerset Community Foundation26/10/2020£2kCOVID19 Adaptations to help manage social distancing
Somerset Community Foundation07/05/2020£5kStowey Bears Garden Development

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STOWEY BEARS PRE-SCHOOL£138k—0unclear—no doubt
STANWAY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£376k——unclear—no doubt
SUNBEAMS PRE SCHOOL (NORTH MUNDHAM) FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE STEPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£148k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARGARETS PRE-SCHOOL LACEBY FY2025£171k—0above—no doubt
LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt

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