COXHEATH PRESCHOOL GROUP

Registered charity 1032440 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COBTREE PLAYGROUP

We are our local preschool giving learning to children from the age 2yrs to 5yrs. We also offer a daily run preschool for the children in the mornings and afternoons 8 sessions a week

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Latest income

£144k

Latest spending

£138k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state a deficit of £6,485.73 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus of £11,952.40 in the prior year. Total income was £137,940.14 against total expenditure of £144,425.87. The filing was examined by an independent examiner who noted they had not seen the asset register.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Total income

£112k

Total spending

£113k

Cost of raising funds

£3k

Reserves (reported)

£31k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

David Fullerchair
Dean Newman
Ellie Smith
Harriet Newman
Helen King
Kirsty Fuller
Lucy Hegarty
Nisha Bodiam

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£144k	£138k
31/08/2024	£131k	£142k
31/08/2023	£1.1m	£113k
31/08/2022	£99k	£91k
31/08/2021	£73k	£72k

Common questions

Is COXHEATH PRESCHOOL GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state a deficit of £6,485.73 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus of £11,952.40 in the prior year. Total income was £137,940.14 against total expenditure of £144,425.87. The filing was examined by an independent examiner who noted they had not seen the asset register. 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
BANBURY CHARITIES	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £198k
CAPEL PRE-SCHOOL income £149k
St Joseph's Pre-School income £130k
BLOXHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £112k
HEATHCOT PRE-SCHOOL LTD income £185k
THE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £121k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COXHEATH PRESCHOOL GROUP	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CAPEL PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
St Joseph's Pre-School FY2025	£130k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BLOXHAM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£112k	—	unclear	—	noted
HEATHCOT PRE-SCHOOL LTD FY2025	£185k	—	above	—	no doubt

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