BOLLINBROOK PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1023849 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOLLINBROOK SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Bollinbrook Pre-school is a fully inclusive setting which provides care and education for pre-school aged children. It opened in 1989 in the Bollinbrook area of Macclesfield and serves up to fifty four families from the community.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE

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

£149k

Latest spending

£142k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £6,923 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total turnover of £149,342. The trustees declare the charity is in a strong financial position, maintaining sufficient reserves to cover three months of operation in the absence of income. Net assets increased to £74,412, up from £67,489 in the previous year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £74k)

“Sufficient to cover three months operation in the absence of any income.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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
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
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Andrew Leith Hazelchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Caroline Marie Bickerton
Emma Burgess
Emma Hopkins
Robyn Billingham
Sammy-Jo Hudson

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£149k	£142k
31/08/2024	£137k	£126k
31/08/2023	£115k	£108k
31/08/2022	£97k	£102k
31/08/2021	£97k	£93k

Common questions

Is BOLLINBROOK PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £6,923 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total turnover of £149,342. The trustees declare the charity is in a strong financial position, maintaining sufficient reserves to cover three months of operation in the absence of income. Net assets increased to £74,412, up from £67,489 in the previous year.

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	02/09/2015	£10k	Bollinbrook Preschool's 'Sensation and Imagination Zone'

Charities like this

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

HOLBROOK COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £135k
PRESTON BROOK PLAYGROUP income £180k
BUGBROOKE PRESCHOOL income £302k
BYBROOK PRESCHOOL income £140k
BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL income £101k
BIRLEY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £232k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BOLLINBROOK PRE-SCHOOL	£149k	—	above	—	no doubt
HOLBROOK COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£135k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PRESTON BROOK PLAYGROUP FY2025	£180k	—	above	—	no doubt
BUGBROOKE PRESCHOOL FY2025	£302k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BYBROOK PRESCHOOL FY2024	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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