BURHAM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1030397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing pre-school, early years care and education for children in the local areas

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS 9OF 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.

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Latest income

£183k

Latest spending

£170k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves carried forward were £137,554 for the year ended 31 August 2025, representing an increase from the previous year's £124,475. The charity generated an excess of receipts over payments of £13,079, funded primarily by fees of £176,764. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the provided text to compare against this actual figure.

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 3 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.

Complaints handling
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Jenny Martinchair
Bethany Doyle
Candice Webster
Elmaret Brewer
Eloise Nowell
Grace COOKE
Jack Cumming
Nicholas Krauspe · trustee of 1 other charity
Robyn TULLETT
TRACEY BEECHEY · trustee of 1 other charity
Tonia Powman

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£183k	£170k
31/08/2024	£173k	£161k
31/08/2023	£146k	£141k
31/08/2022	£135k	£138k
31/08/2021	£157k	£110k

Common questions

Is BURHAM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves carried forward were £137,554 for the year ended 31 August 2025, representing an increase from the previous year's £124,475. The charity generated an excess of receipts over payments of £13,079, funded primarily by fees of £176,764. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the provided text to compare against this actual figure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HUGGLESCOTE PLAYGROUP.

HUGGLESCOTE PLAYGROUP income £206k
Muskham Preschool income £118k
BARHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £169k
RAINBOW PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £187k
ST GEORGE'S PRE SCHOOL income £129k
CULVERSTONE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £189k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BURHAM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP	£183k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HUGGLESCOTE PLAYGROUP FY2025	£206k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Muskham Preschool FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BARHAM PRE-SCHOOL FY2026	£169k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RAINBOW PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£187k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST GEORGE'S PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£129k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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