WALKERN PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1027055 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Walkern Preschool is a charity-run pre-school serving a small village. We are based within the grounds of the primary school and cater for children aged 2 to 5. We run sessions with two age ranges and prepare the children for entry into primary school. All fundraising and grant money is used to run the preschool with any extra funding going towards the improvement of its facilities.

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

£199k

Latest spending

£182k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £17,298 for the year, with total income of £199,124 against total expenditure of £181,826. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased to £89,006 at year-end, up from £71,708 in the previous year, indicating a strengthened financial position without reliance on external funding sources.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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
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Social media policy and procedures
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Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Karen Lucaschair
Annalisa Rough
Gemma Vincenti-Morrison
Jade Crosby
Lucy Hart
Rebecca Healy
Sophie Yates
Suzanne Pilgrim
Tabitha Mansfield
Victoria Saunders

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£199k	£182k
31/12/2023	£164k	£168k
31/12/2022	£124k	£128k
31/12/2021	£102k	£111k
31/12/2020	£131k	£118k

Common questions

Is WALKERN PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £17,298 for the year, with total income of £199,124 against total expenditure of £181,826. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased to £89,006 at year-end, up from £71,708 in the previous year, indicating a strengthened financial position without reliance on external funding sources. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
OLDLAND PRESCHOOL income £217k
WEMBDON SUNSHINERS PRE SCHOOL income £271k
PARKWOOD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP PRESCHOOL income £275k
WIX AND WRABNESS PRE-SCHOOL income £213k
DATCHWORTH PRE-SCHOOL income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WALKERN PRE-SCHOOL	£199k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OLDLAND PRESCHOOL FY2025	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WEMBDON SUNSHINERS PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£271k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PARKWOOD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP PRESCHOOL FY2025	£275k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WIX AND WRABNESS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£213k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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