LITTLE EXPLORERS PRE-SCHOOL CHESLYN HAY

Registered charity 1024003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARKS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

We provide childcare for children aged 2 years to 5 years old providing early education needs

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
£66k
Latest spending
£68k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £1,498 for the period and holds unrestricted reserves of £7,000. The trustees note that new government funding is expected to protect the preschool's future going forward.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Funded and private funding for childcare
“Funded and private funding for childcare” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: A reserve is held to protect trustees incase the charity’s ability to continue comes a concern or to cover any shortfalls (held: £7k)
“A reserve is held to protect trustees incase the charity’s ability to continue comes a concern or to cover any shortfalls”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“New government funding for working families children should protect the preschool future going forward”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
06/04/2025£66k£68k
06/04/2024£68k£68k
06/04/2023£66k£64k
06/04/2022£51k£51k
06/04/2021£69k£56k

Common questions

Is LITTLE EXPLORERS PRE-SCHOOL CHESLYN HAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £1,498 for the period and holds unrestricted reserves of £7,000. The trustees note that new government funding is expected to protect the preschool's future going forward. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.