SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL)

Registered charity 1033643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HALWILL PLAYGROUP

The Charity runs a pre-school for 2-5 year olds living in the Halwill Junction area, open 30hrs per week Monday to Friday term time, providing quality childcare and education following the Statutory Framework for EYFS. Eligible children can claim Government funding (2yr targeted; universal entitlement & working entitlement). We also offer unfunded places.

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 CHILDRENTHROUGH 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

£111k

Latest spending

£106k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £5,029.15 for the year ending 31 August 2025, with total income of £110,873.35 and expenditure of £105,844.20. The trustees report that the charity holds healthy reserves of £24,310.22, which are held to cover unexpected closure costs, although they note that without strong fundraising efforts the charity would run at a deficit. The trustees are also considering a potential merger with a local primary school which would result in the charity being wound up.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to cover the sudden, unexpected closure of the setting to include staff redundancy payments and any other outstanding or ongoing liabilities (held: £24k)

“Set reserves are held to cover the sudden, unexpected closure of the setting to include staff redundancy payments and any other outstanding or ongoing liabilities”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The Charity has healthy reserves and strong fundraising efforts by the Trustees have built up good reserves. However without that the charity would potentially run at a deficit each year, which would not be sustainable.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves 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
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Lorna Jayne Prickett Treacychair
Camilla Clifford
Megan Brooking
Rebecca Elizabeth Garrard
Sarah Gliddon
Stacey Bellamy

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£111k	£106k
31/08/2024	£90k	£95k
31/08/2023	£93k	£89k
31/08/2022	£77k	£69k
31/08/2021	£53k	£54k

Common questions

Is SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £5,029.15 for the year ending 31 August 2025, with total income of £110,873.35 and expenditure of £105,844.20. The trustees report that the charity holds healthy reserves of £24,310.22, which are held to cover unexpected closure costs, although they note that without strong fundraising efforts the charity would run at a deficit. The trustees are also considering a potential merger with a local primary school which would result in the charity being wound up.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (EDGWORTH).

SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (EDGWORTH) income £152k
SCALLIWAGS PRE-SCHOOL income £410k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
SCALLYWAGS PLAYGROUP income £157k
SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £290k
ST MARGARETS PRE-SCHOOL LACEBY income £171k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL)	£111k	—	unclear	—	noted
SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (EDGWORTH) FY2025	£152k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SCALLIWAGS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£410k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
SCALLYWAGS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£157k	—	below	—	noted
SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£290k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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