STURMINSTER MARSHALL PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1026037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STURMINSTER MARSHALL PLAYGROUP AND TODDLER GROUP, STURMINSTER MARSHALL PRE-SCHOOL

Pre-School facility for children in the Sturminster Marshall area for children age 9 months to 4 years 11 months, especially those expected to attend Sturminster Marshall First School.

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Latest income

£111k

Latest spending

£86k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £24,487, increasing total unrestricted funds to £135,884. Per the trustees' report, the charity secured additional funding including a £10,000 expansion grant and Local Authority support, while maintaining positive family feedback and planning for future growth.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Damien Wattchair
Jan Ladbrook
Kirstie Arnold-Jones
Laura Johnson
Matthew Bullock
Rebecca Cox
Sharon Bentley
Wayne Johnson

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£111k	£86k
31/08/2024	£116k	£92k
31/08/2023	£84k	£73k
31/08/2022	£72k	£69k
31/08/2021	£87k	£87k

Common questions

Is STURMINSTER MARSHALL PRESCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £24,487, increasing total unrestricted funds to £135,884. Per the trustees' report, the charity secured additional funding including a £10,000 expansion grant and Local Authority support, while maintaining positive family feedback and planning for future growth. 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 ST MARY'S UNDER FIVES, MARLBOROUGH.

ST MARY'S UNDER FIVES, MARLBOROUGH income £130k
Martlesham Preschool income £201k
MARSH GIBBON PRE-SCHOOL income £186k
MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL income £100k
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STURMINSTER MARSHALL PRESCHOOL	£111k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S UNDER FIVES, MARLBOROUGH FY2025	£130k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Martlesham Preschool FY2025	£201k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MARSH GIBBON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£186k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL FY2025	£100k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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