WOODLANDS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1031863 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOODLANDS PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP, WOODLANDS PRESCHOOL

Providing Pre-School Education

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
£156k
Latest spending
£91k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net income increased significantly to £166,475, resulting in a surplus for the year. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient reserves to cover staff costs for at least four months without external support, describing the financial position as sound.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Local Authority Funding (81% of income)
“Local Authority Funding 133,984” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: four months (held: £93k)
“WPS has sufficient reserves to cover these costs for at least four months in the absence of any income without extemal support.”
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£156k£91k
31/03/2024£81k£91k
31/03/2023£76k£104k
31/03/2022£86k£91k
31/03/2021£92k£76k

Common questions

Is WOODLANDS PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net income increased significantly to £166,475, resulting in a surplus for the year. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient reserves to cover staff costs for at least four months without external support, describing the financial position as sound. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.