BERESFORD PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1034070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERESFORD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP

Sessional pre-school providing care for children between the ages of two and four years

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Latest income

£111k

Latest spending

£115k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Beresford Pre-School held unrestricted reserves of £19,065.95 at the end of the period. The trustees' report indicates a policy to hold reserves sufficient to cover three months of expenditure for emergencies or redundancies. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 19066.0% of fundraised income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%)

“The Pre-School holds reserves in case of emergencies/redundancies and aims to hold enough to cover expenditure for three months”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure (held: £19k)

“The Pre-School holds reserves in case of emergencies/redundancies and aims to hold enough to cover expenditure for three months”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income

£0

Total spending

£119k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (05/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Tuesday Dawn Rushchair
Champagne Cocks
Edit Laszlo
Michelle Howie
Shamima Hiah Hiah

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£111k	£115k
31/08/2024	£1.1m	£119k
31/08/2023	£120k	£108k
31/08/2022	£97k	£101k
31/08/2021	£90k	£91k

Common questions

Is BERESFORD PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Beresford Pre-School held unrestricted reserves of £19,065.95 at the end of the period. The trustees' report indicates a policy to hold reserves sufficient to cover three months of expenditure for emergencies or redundancies. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were disclosed.

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
THE BURFORD SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£16k

Charities like this

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

BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL income £101k
BODMIN PRE-SCHOOL income £138k
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL income £165k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
SOUTH CERNEY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £166k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BERESFORD PRE-SCHOOL	£111k	—	unclear	19066.0%	no doubt
BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BODMIN PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£138k	—	below	—	no doubt
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£165k	—	below	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt

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