CHALK HILL PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1033149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILLINGDON VILLAGE PLAYGROUP, WILLINGDON VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL

A term time pre-school for children aged 2-4 years to prepare children for school through education

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £6,455 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total receipts of £106,023 and payments of £99,567. The trustees report that running costs are covered by fees and that the reserve balance of £7,536 is intended to cover one month of outgoings. The filing notes that wage increases aligned with the national living wage require close monitoring.

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 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chalk Hill Preschool (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rachel Ayreschair
• John Cuzick
• Merryl Burchell
• Tyrell Lloyd Berry

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
• HILLSIDE PRE-SCHOOL income £121k
• SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £290k
• IDE HILL PRE-SCHOOL income £112k
• STREATLEY HILL PRE-SCHOOL income £128k
• SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL) income £111k

Side by side with its peers

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