COWCLIFFE PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1027148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COWCLIFFE PLAYGROUP

Pre-school for children aged between 2 and school entry

Objects

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

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

£176k

Latest spending

£186k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £26,395.16 in its current account, alongside £37,058.99 in contingency and £9,426.89 in a project building account. The trustees report that the preschool is approaching full capacity with 44 children enrolled, but note operational risks including a potential future takeover by Polaris Academy and unresolved property damage caused by the Council.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Polaris officially assumed the lease, securing a 10-year contract. From 1st of May , during initial conversations with Polaris they showed an interest in taking over the preschool in the future.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

Trustees · trustee networks

Hannah Lowbridgechair
Anne-Laure Lidster
Ashy Rafiq
Heather Anne Rattigan
Kerry Anne Newsome
Sarah Thornton
Tayyaba Arif

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£176k	£186k
31/08/2024	£167k	£150k
31/08/2023	£137k	£137k
31/08/2022	£139k	£129k
31/08/2021	£125k	£109k

Common questions

Is COWCLIFFE PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £26,395.16 in its current account, alongside £37,058.99 in contingency and £9,426.89 in a project building account. The trustees report that the preschool is approaching full capacity with 44 children enrolled, but note operational risks including a potential future takeover by Polaris Academy and unresolved property damage caused by the Council.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/12/2005	£5k	Cowcliffe Playgroup Expansion and Relocation Project

Charities like this

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

SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £290k
UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL income £101k
EARLY YEARS @ LIGHTCLIFFE income £527k
CLIFFE WOODS PRE-SCHOOL income £313k
CLACKCLOSE PRE-SCHOOL income £219k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COWCLIFFE PRE-SCHOOL	£176k	—	unclear	—	noted
SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£290k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£118k	—	below	—	noted
BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EARLY YEARS @ LIGHTCLIFFE FY2025	£527k	Under £60,000	above	—	no doubt
CLIFFE WOODS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£313k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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