ASHURSTWOOD COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1033649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASHURSTWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP

We are a Charity run preschool with monies coming from West Sussex County Council funding, and fees as well as monies raised from fundraising. We operate Monday through to Friday with sessions available between 9am - 3pm.

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
£180k
Latest spending
£146k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income of £188,955.68 exceeded total expenditure of £185,474.92, resulting in a surplus for the year. The charity holds combined reserves and redundancies of £115,188.85, which the trustees confirm covers their target of one term's worth of outgoings (£90,051.65).

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Government funding (83% of income)
“We received a total monies from funding of £156456.57.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one term's worth of outgoings (held: £115k)
“the ideal is that we hold a ‘terms worth’ of outgoings as contingency monies”
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.

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: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£180k£146k
31/08/2024£144k£129k
31/08/2023£143k£153k
31/07/2022£119k£112k
31/07/2021£72k£79k

Common questions

Is ASHURSTWOOD COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income of £188,955.68 exceeded total expenditure of £185,474.92, resulting in a surplus for the year. The charity holds combined reserves and redundancies of £115,188.85, which the trustees confirm covers their target of one term's worth of outgoings (£90,051.65).

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASHURSTWOOD COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL£180k—0above—no doubt
ASCOTT - UNDER - WYCHWOOD PRE - SCHOOL FY2025£146k—0above—no doubt
ASTON PRE-SCHOOL (CIO) FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
ASHDENE INDEPENDENT PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£349k—0unclear—no doubt
DAUXWOOD PRE-SCHOOL GROUP FY2025£148k——unclear1.0%no doubt
WINSLEY ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt

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