THE ORCHARD

Registered charity 1028227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORCHARD PLAYGROUP

Community Pre-school - providing early years education for 2-5 year olds

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Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£75k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £31,020 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total cash and bank reserves increasing to £69,703. The trustees confirm there are no restricted funds in deficit and express confidence in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. No formal reserves policy is stated, though the trustees aim to keep sufficient funds to pay outstanding bills and staff wages.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Orchard Pre School (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Gabriella Wilkinson
Inderpreet Samrai
James Painter
Zaneta Adamkowska
rebecca saunders

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£106k	£75k
31/07/2024	£54k	£54k
31/07/2023	£63k	£72k
31/07/2022	£59k	£61k
31/07/2021	£57k	£49k

Common questions

Is THE ORCHARD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £31,020 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total cash and bank reserves increasing to £69,703. The trustees confirm there are no restricted funds in deficit and express confidence in the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. No formal reserves policy is stated, though the trustees aim to keep sufficient funds to pay outstanding bills and staff wages. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CLOVER TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ORCHARD PRE-SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUP.

THE ORCHARD PRE-SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUP income £389k
ORCHARD VALE TRUST LIMITED income £3.2m
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £104k
THE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £121k
ACORNS NURSERY SCHOOL income £219k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ORCHARD	£106k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ORCHARD PRE-SCHOOL AND PLAYGROUP FY2025	£389k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
ORCHARD VALE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£3.2m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	0	above	188.9%	no doubt
THE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£121k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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