SONNING COMMON PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1028702 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SONNING COMMON PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

As a Pre-school we provide facilites and staff to give children the opportunity to learn through play, gain socialisation skills and learn skills that will help them as they progress through to school.

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Latest income

£208k

Latest spending

£137k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £126,270, providing a surplus for the year. The trustees report that sufficient reserves are maintained to cover redundancy costs in the event of permanent closure. The charity is exempt from tax and has no restricted funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Sufficient reserves kept to cover redundancy pay, in the event of permanent preschool closure. (held: £126k)

“Sufficient reserves kept to cover redundancy pay, in the event of permanent preschool closure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Anna Parslew
Jessica Moss
Joanne Lawson

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£208k	£137k
31/03/2024	£157k	£138k
31/03/2023	£121k	£139k
31/03/2022	£135k	£145k
31/03/2021	£147k	£127k

Common questions

Is SONNING COMMON PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £126,270, providing a surplus for the year. The trustees report that sufficient reserves are maintained to cover redundancy costs in the event of permanent closure. The charity is exempt from tax and has no restricted funds. 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	20/06/2005	£5k	Electrical upgrade

Charities like this

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

WEMBDON SUNSHINERS PRE SCHOOL income £271k
NORTH COMMON PRE - SCHOOL income £103k
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL income £165k
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k
ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD income £400k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SONNING COMMON PRE-SCHOOL	£208k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WEMBDON SUNSHINERS PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£271k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH COMMON PRE - SCHOOL FY2025	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£165k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD FY2025	£400k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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