BIDEFORD BAPTIST PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1030741 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIDEFORD BAPTIST CHURCH PLAYGROUP

Pre-school education for 18 months - 4yrs 11 months

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Latest income

£198k

Latest spending

£205k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (current account balance) stood at £17,825.46 at the end of the financial year, with additional funds of £91,000 held in a redundancy account. The trustees note that future numbers are looking low and budgeting for wages will require careful management, indicating a need for continued fundraising to stay afloat.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“As we move into the next school year – numbers are looking very low & we will need to look at how we budget for wages etc”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Emily Louise Greenham
Hannah Jean Atkinson
Miriam Grace McDonald
Samantha Jane Brooks
Shelby Johnson

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£198k	£205k
31/08/2024	£173k	£196k
31/08/2023	£173k	£173k
31/08/2022	£149k	£156k
31/08/2021	£123k	£134k

Common questions

Is BIDEFORD BAPTIST PRESCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (current account balance) stood at £17,825.46 at the end of the financial year, with additional funds of £91,000 held in a redundancy account. The trustees note that future numbers are looking low and budgeting for wages will require careful management, indicating a need for continued fundraising to stay afloat. 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 BURFORD SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£16k

Charities like this

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

TYWARDREATH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
BURFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £105k
BEAUMONT COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £231k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
HORFIELD WELLY PRE-SCHOOL income £101k
RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £190k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BIDEFORD BAPTIST PRESCHOOL	£198k	—	unclear	—	noted
TYWARDREATH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£113k	—	above	—	no doubt
BURFORD PRE-SCHOOL FY2024	£105k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEAUMONT COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£231k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
HORFIELD WELLY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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