LITTLE WONDERS PRE-SCHOOL HAVERHILL

Registered charity 1030804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMLET CROFT PRE-SCHOOL, HAMLET PLAYGROUP

We are a local pre-school who offers appropriate play, education and care facilities to children and young people, whatever their race, religion, means or ability in a safe and controlled environment.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY 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.

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Latest income
£243k
Latest spending
£224k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net profit of £19,300.18 and holds total funds of £83,216.62 across its cash, contingency, and fundraising accounts. The trustees have stated their intention to gradually increase contingency reserves to cover three months of running costs, estimated at £50,000. Staff costs represent the greatest expenditure, accounting for more than 76% of total spending.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £83k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“we would like to gradually increase so that 3 months running costs are retained for unforeseen circumstances (estimated at £50,000)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£243k£224k
31/08/2024£206k£201k
31/08/2023£180k£161k
31/08/2022£167k£165k
31/08/2021£152k£150k

Common questions

Is LITTLE WONDERS PRE-SCHOOL HAVERHILL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net profit of £19,300.18 and holds total funds of £83,216.62 across its cash, contingency, and fundraising accounts. The trustees have stated their intention to gradually increase contingency reserves to cover three months of running costs, estimated at £50,000. Staff costs represent the greatest expenditure, accounting for more than 76% of total spending.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-School.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LITTLE WONDERS PRE-SCHOOL HAVERHILL£243k—0below—no doubt
Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-School FY2025£137k—0above—no doubt
LITTLE THINKERS PRE-SCHOOL & NURSERY FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE STEPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£148k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE LEARNERS PRE SCHOOL FY2025£153k—0unclear—noted
SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL) FY2025£111k—0unclear—noted

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