Headingley Pre School

Registered charity 1029327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Leeds Early Years Association, ST MICHAEL'S PLAYSCHOOL (HEADINGLEY), ST MICHAEL'S PRE-SCHOOL (HEADINGLEY)

Early Years Education, Training and Research in Leeds and the surrounding areas

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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Latest income

£256k

Latest spending

£210k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net income for the year was £46,281, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £176,330. The trustees note that reserves have increased and now exceed the upper limit of their reserves policy, which targets a minimum of four months and a maximum of six months of running costs. The charity reports no 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

Reserves policy: four to six months of running costs (held: £176k)

“The Pre-school’s reserves policy is to have a minimum of four months and a maximum of six months worth of running costs in reserve at any one time.” — 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.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/04/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Charlotte Parrchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Christine Barraclough
Ellen McCartney Sansoya
Michelle Lanham
Molly Rigg

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£256k	£210k
31/08/2024	£234k	£186k
31/08/2023	£180k	£170k
31/08/2022	£166k	£157k
31/08/2021	£314k	£370k

Common questions

Is Headingley Pre School financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net income for the year was £46,281, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £176,330. The trustees note that reserves have increased and now exceed the upper limit of their reserves policy, which targets a minimum of four months and a maximum of six months of running costs. The charity reports no 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).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/01/2007	£3k	Living & Learning

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £198k
LEVEN PRE-SCHOOL income £117k
HEATHLANDS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB income £265k
RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £190k
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL income £165k
Menheniot Pre-school income £108k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Headingley Pre School	£256k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£198k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEVEN PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£117k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HEATHLANDS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB FY2025	£265k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£190k	—	—	within	—	no doubt
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£165k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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