ST WILFRID'S PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1027964 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST WILFRIDS UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP

Early Years Curriculum delivery, personal, social development of young children.

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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Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£123k
Latest spending
£111k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £11,759 for the year ended 5th April 2025, resulting in total funds increasing to £67,407. The trustees confirm that no audit was required and that an independent examination found no matters requiring attention regarding accounting records or compliance. The charity holds unrestricted general funds of £65,775 alongside restricted funds of £1,632.

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.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Government income: £104,645 — contracts £104,645 (1); 85% of the £122,674 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£123k£111k
05/04/2024£112k£100k
05/04/2023£100k£102k
05/04/2022£102k£89k
05/04/2021£119k£129k

Common questions

Is ST WILFRID'S PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £11,759 for the year ended 5th April 2025, resulting in total funds increasing to £67,407. The trustees confirm that no audit was required and that an independent examination found no matters requiring attention regarding accounting records or compliance. The charity holds unrestricted general funds of £65,775 alongside restricted funds of £1,632. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/03/2016£10kEarly Years Creative Play Zones at St Wilfrid's Pre School.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILMSLOW PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST WILFRID'S PRE-SCHOOL£123k—0unclear—no doubt
WILMSLOW PREPARATORY SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——unclear—no doubt
BIRSTALL PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£448k—0unclear—no doubt
WILLAND PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£650k—0unclear—no doubt
WINSHILL PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£152k—0unclear—no doubt
WINFRITH PLAYGROUP FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt

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