NORTHERN PRE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1026795 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHERN PLAYGROUP

To provide pre-school care/early years education to children aged 2yrs until school age.

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
£204k
Latest spending
£200k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £101,909, supported by a net incoming resource of £4,260. The trustees report steady growth in children numbers and strong parent confidence, noting that fundraising efforts have enabled new equipment purchases. The charity maintains a reserves policy of three months of unrestricted expenditure, which it currently exceeds with its total funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months from the balance sheet date (held: £102k)
“The Trustees have a policy of ensuring that the charity has sufficient reserves to continue to operate for a period of three months from the balance sheet date.” — 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£204k£200k
31/08/2024£224k£166k
31/08/2023£164k£149k
31/08/2022£112k£149k
31/08/2021£144k£148k

Common questions

Is NORTHERN PRE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £101,909, supported by a net incoming resource of £4,260. The trustees report steady growth in children numbers and strong parent confidence, noting that fundraising efforts have enabled new equipment purchases. The charity maintains a reserves policy of three months of unrestricted expenditure, which it currently exceeds with its total funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.