SOUTH KIDLINGTON INFANT PRE-SCHOOL - SKIPS

Registered charity 1032166 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SKIPS, SOUTH KIDLINGTON INFANT PRE-SCHOOL, SOUTH KIDLINGTON PLAYGROUP

Day care for children aged 2-4

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Latest income

£166k

Latest spending

£134k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £89,942 at the end of the period, with a stated policy of keeping three months of payroll and rent costs as a minimum. However, the independent examiner notes that the charity lost its premises and has decided to cease operations, with an orderly wind-down planned for July 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of payroll and rent costs (held: £90k)

“Three months payroll and rent costs are kept as minimum at all times.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“Following the year end, the charity lost its premises and has decided to cease operations, with closure planned for July 2026, and staff redundancies issued. Charity will not continue in operational existence and is in the process of an orderly wind-down.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Chelsea Jane Didcock
Fiona Ann Counsell
Hannah Oliver-Browne
Linda Jean Lewis

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£166k	£134k
31/07/2024	£142k	£135k
31/07/2023	£126k	£111k
31/07/2022	£92k	£105k
31/07/2021	£99k	£113k

Common questions

Is SOUTH KIDLINGTON INFANT PRE-SCHOOL - SKIPS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £89,942 at the end of the period, with a stated policy of keeping three months of payroll and rent costs as a minimum. However, the independent examiner notes that the charity lost its premises and has decided to cease operations, with an orderly wind-down planned for July 2026. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

SOUTH CERNEY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £166k
KEIGHLEY KIDDICARE LTD income £220k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £190k
JACK IN THE BOX PRE- SCHOOL income £160k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTH KIDLINGTON INFANT PRE-SCHOOL - SKIPS	£166k	—	0	unclear	—	not going concern
SOUTH CERNEY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£166k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KEIGHLEY KIDDICARE LTD FY2025	£220k	—	0	unclear	—	not going concern
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£178k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£190k	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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