ATTENBOROUGH CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1024159 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ATTENBOROUGH CHURCH PLAYGROUP, ATTENBOROUGH CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Provision of early years education for children aged 2 1/2 to 5 years.

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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

£207k

Latest spending

£193k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £13,520 for the year ended March 2025, resulting in total net assets increasing to £106,398. The trustees report that reserves are currently higher than necessary, with £57,994 held to cover statutory redundancy payments and three months of running costs. The organization describes the year as financially successful and viable.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 months running costs including staff notice pay and statutory redundancy payments (held: £58k)

“We have a policy to hold enough funds in reserve in the event that we have to close, to cover the statutory redundancy payments of all qualifying staff and 3 months running costs including staff notice pay.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Ofsted issued two actions following a complaint regarding policies and procedures in relation to the use of electronic devices in the setting.

“We were also visited by Ofsted in February 2025 following a complaint regarding our policies and procedures in relation to the use of electronic devices in the setting. The Ofsted inspector noted that our policy had not been updated to reflect the change in our procedures and issued two actions to be completed.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Investing charity funds 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Tesco Stronger Starts Programme — “Thank you Tesco Stronger Starts Programme” (source page)

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah England-Amoochair
Claire Heysmond
JOAN KOLOMYJEC · trustee of 1 other charity
Jade Longdon
Laura Pounder
Leanne Hall
Sarah Gourdet
Tamima England
Toshimi Sato

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£207k	£193k
31/03/2024	£161k	£137k
31/03/2023	£133k	£144k
31/03/2022	£152k	£150k
31/03/2021	£139k	£139k

Common questions

Is ATTENBOROUGH CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £13,520 for the year ended March 2025, resulting in total net assets increasing to £106,398. The trustees report that reserves are currently higher than necessary, with £57,994 held to cover statutory redundancy payments and three months of running costs. The organization describes the year as financially successful and viable. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL.

YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE income £175k
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL income £100k
PANGBOURNE VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL income £169k
ANDOVER PRE SCHOOL LIMITED income £161k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ATTENBOROUGH CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL	£207k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE FY2025	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£188k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL FY2025	£100k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
PANGBOURNE VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£169k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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