CHESIL BANK PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1028303 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESIL BANK PLAYGROUP, CHESIL BANK PRESCHOOL

Pre-school.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER SATUTORY 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.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£49k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £7,343.42 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total reserves of £17,882. The trustees report that this financial position is stronger than the previous year, following a period where the setting faced potential closure due to low enrollment. The charity remains operational with no stated material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

  • Government income: £4,700 — grants £4,700 (1); 10% of the £46,586 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £28,903 — contracts £28,903 (1); 80% of the £36,063 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CHESIL BANK PRE SCHOOL (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£49k£42k
31/07/2024£47k£44k
31/07/2023£36k£43k
31/07/2022£32k£35k
31/07/2021£31k£34k

Common questions

Is CHESIL BANK PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £7,343.42 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in total reserves of £17,882. The trustees report that this financial position is stronger than the previous year, following a period where the setting faced potential closure due to low enrollment. The charity remains operational with no stated material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. 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 Fund27/08/2014£2kChesil Bank Pre-School Covered Play Area and Outside Store

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 BURFORD PRE-SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHESIL BANK PRE-SCHOOL£49k—0unclear—no doubt
BURFORD PRE-SCHOOL FY2024£109k—0unclear—no doubt
CHELFORD VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£77k—0unclear—no doubt
BEACHES PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£309kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
BRAMBLE BROOK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£196k—0unclear—no doubt
WILLAND PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£650k—0unclear—no doubt

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