RIVER MEADOW

Registered charity 1027272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MIDDLETON CENTRE PLAYGROUP, MIDDLETON CENTRE PRE-SCHOOL

Provision of pre-school for children 2 to school age and out of school care for children aged 4 to 11. Charity trades under the name River Meadow

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Latest income

£282k

Latest spending

£255k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £186,493.12 to £213,735.90, resulting in a net incoming resource of £27,242.78 for the year. The charity holds significant cash reserves of £90,354.78 at bank and £500.00 in hand against current liabilities of £15,653.72. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, indicating the accounts comply with statutory requirements.

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

Jenny Tomblinchair
Jeni Atkins
Sarah Brearley

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£282k	£255k
31/03/2024	£218k	£193k
31/03/2023	£198k	£179k
31/03/2022	£169k	£176k
31/03/2021	£149k	£162k

Common questions

Is RIVER MEADOW financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £186,493.12 to £213,735.90, resulting in a net incoming resource of £27,242.78 for the year. The charity holds significant cash reserves of £90,354.78 at bank and £500.00 in hand against current liabilities of £15,653.72. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, indicating the accounts comply with statutory requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	20/01/2006	£11k	Replacement of CB/2/010062739

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE.

THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE income £205k
MEADOWLANDS PRE-SCHOOL income £182k
IVER VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL income £113k
SOMERVILLE PRE-SCHOOL income £108k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
ROCHE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £144k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RIVER MEADOW	£282k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE FY2025	£205k	—	above	—	no doubt
MEADOWLANDS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£182k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
IVER VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOMERVILLE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt

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