MARSH GIBBON PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1033338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARSH GIBBON PLAYSCHOOL, MARSH GIBBON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Pre-School for 2 - 4 year olds.

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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Latest income
£186k
Latest spending
£185k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a small surplus of £1,206 and holds unrestricted reserves of £89,967. Per the trustees' report, the preschool is heavily reliant on Early Years Funding, which provides 80% of income, and continues to manage costs cautiously to ensure resources for the upcoming academic year.

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.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£186k£185k
31/08/2024£187k£164k
31/08/2023£151k£152k
31/08/2022£130k£124k
31/08/2021£109k£106k

Common questions

Is MARSH GIBBON PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a small surplus of £1,206 and holds unrestricted reserves of £89,967. Per the trustees' report, the preschool is heavily reliant on Early Years Funding, which provides 80% of income, and continues to manage costs cautiously to ensure resources for the upcoming academic year. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BLANCHMINSTER TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Martlesham Preschool.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MARSH GIBBON PRE-SCHOOL£186k—0unclear—no doubt
Martlesham Preschool FY2025£201k—0above—no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£222kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL FY2025£100k——above—no doubt
MARLDON PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£188k—0above—no doubt

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