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SQUIRRELS CORNER PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1025758 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SQUIRRELS CORNER PLAYGROUP

Squirrels Corner Pre-school's have been established since 1991. We provide a safe, caring, friendly and stimulating environment, run by an elected committee of parents/carers of children that attend the pre-school. The pre-school environment supports every child's learning through planned experiences and activities that are challenging but achievable. We welcome students and volunteers.

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Latest income
£268k
Latest spending
£248k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's principal source of funding is local authority early years educational funding, supplemented by parent fees and minor community fundraising. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover potential redundancies and premises notices in the event of unexpected closure, noting risks such as rising operational costs and staff recruitment challenges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Local authority early years educational funding
“Our principal source of funding is local authority early years educational funding for eligible 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds. This is supplemented by top-up fees from parents for additional hours, alongside minor community fundraising activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: enough in our reserves account to allow for redundancies and notices on the premises we rent for the contracted period in the even of immediate and unexpected closure (held: £75k)
“Our reserves Policy is to ensure we have enough in our reserves account to allow for redundancies and notices on the premises we rent for the contracted period in the even of immediate and unexpected closure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£268k£248k
31/12/2024£268k£236k
31/12/2023£195k£190k
31/12/2022£164k£192k
31/12/2021£175k£168k

Common questions

Is SQUIRRELS CORNER PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's principal source of funding is local authority early years educational funding, supplemented by parent fees and minor community fundraising. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover potential redundancies and premises notices in the event of unexpected closure, noting risks such as rising operational costs and staff recruitment challenges.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SQUIRRELS CORNER PRE-SCHOOL£268k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH STREET PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
GARRAS OWLETS PRE SCHOOL FY2025£110k—0above—no doubt
SCHORNE NURSERY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£158k—0unclear—noted
BROOKSIDE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£162k—0above—no doubt
SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL) FY2025£111k—0unclear—noted

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