Wymeswold Preschool

Registered charity 1027215 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WYMESWOLD PLAYGROUP

Provision of early years education for pre-school children

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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Registered contact address: Charnwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£92k
Latest spending
£65k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £26,952 for the year ending 31st July 2025, driven by increased childcare funding and parent fees. Total unrestricted funds held at year-end were £54,555, which the trustees note allows them to maintain a reserve covering at least two terms of expenditure. The trustees report that resources are adequate to continue operations on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Childcare funding (52% of income)
“Childcare funding £64887(2024: £22050).” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 22.3% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“A series of successful fundraising events and kind donations raised a total of £5869 (after expenses £4561)” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: two terms worth of expenditure (held: £55k)
“The Pre-school has achieved a reserve to cover at least 2 terms worth of expenditure in reserve” — 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: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£92k£65k
31/07/2024£59k£57k
31/07/2023£62k£50k
31/07/2022£50k£43k
31/07/2021£24k£29k

Common questions

Is Wymeswold Preschool financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £26,952 for the year ending 31st July 2025, driven by increased childcare funding and parent fees. Total unrestricted funds held at year-end were £54,555, which the trustees note allows them to maintain a reserve covering at least two terms of expenditure. The trustees report that resources are adequate to continue operations on a going concern basis. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BURFORD SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£23k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Wymeswold Preschool£92k—0above22.3%no doubt
TISBURY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£100k—0above—no doubt
Escrick Pre-School FY2025£89k—0unclear—no doubt
WINGRAVE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£168k—0unclear—no doubt
WILLAND PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£650k—0unclear—no doubt
BURFORD PRE-SCHOOL FY2024£105k—0unclear—no doubt

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