TRINITY PRE-SCHOOL MAIDSTONE

Registered charity 1032199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST FRANCIS PLAYGROUP, TICK-TOCK PLAYGROUP, TICK-TOCK PRE-SCHOOL, TRINITY PRE-SCHOOL

Provides sessional pre-school education for children aged 2.5 years to 5 years.

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

£236k

Latest spending

£270k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £55,226 at the end of the period, with total receipts of £140,827 and total payments of £106,724. The trustees maintain a reserve policy to meet liabilities for staff, property, and equipment, as well as to fund service enhancements. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring disclosure other than those already noted in the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: meet all liabilities for staff, property and equipment; and to fund enhancements to services as required by legislation or demand from the local community (held: £55k)

“Trinity Pre-School maintains a reserve of funds to: a) meet all liabilities for staff, property and equipment; and b) to fund enhancements to services as required by legislation or demand from the local community”

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rebecca Sapsfordchair
Abbey-Rose Pointer
Bethany Perkins
Erika Arevalo Ruiz
Laura Simms
Trudi Kitney

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£236k	£270k
31/08/2024	£266k	£211k
31/08/2023	£167k	£199k
31/08/2022	£177k	£209k
31/08/2021	£247k	£180k

Common questions

Is TRINITY PRE-SCHOOL MAIDSTONE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £55,226 at the end of the period, with total receipts of £140,827 and total payments of £106,724. The trustees maintain a reserve policy to meet liabilities for staff, property, and equipment, as well as to fund service enhancements. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring disclosure other than those already noted in the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/05/2011	£10k	Trinity Pre-School's Golden Project

Charities like this

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

TRINITY PRE-SCHOOL income £149k
Beaminster Preschool Limited income £114k
OUR LADY'S FIRST STEPS PRE-SCHOOL income £817k
BODMIN PRE-SCHOOL income £138k
TRELOWAN PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £109k
SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL CIO income £113k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TRINITY PRE-SCHOOL MAIDSTONE	£236k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRINITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2024	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Beaminster Preschool Limited FY2025	£114k	—	above	—	no doubt
OUR LADY'S FIRST STEPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£817k	—	above	—	no doubt
BODMIN PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£138k	—	below	—	no doubt
TRELOWAN PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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