Escrick Pre-School

Registered charity 1034356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ESCRICK PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

To provide pre-school education and care to under 5's.

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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Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£89k

Latest spending

£86k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £2,843 for the year ended 31st August 2025, driven by an increase in funded children. The trustees report no concerns about the charity continuing as a going concern, and free reserves stood at £26,343, which they hold for future staffing and continuity purposes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: staffing/redundancy purposes and the variable continuity of childcare (held: £26k)

“Reserves are held only for future use at Pre-school for staffing/redundancy purposes and the variable continuity of childcare.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Clarkchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Charlotte WARDELL
Dee Philip · trustee of 1 other charity
Hannah Atkinson
Kerry Field
Melissa Green
Sophie Daniel

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£89k	£86k
31/08/2024	£75k	£73k
31/08/2023	£66k	£71k
31/08/2022	£60k	£63k
31/08/2021	£74k	£72k

Common questions

Is Escrick Pre-School financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £2,843 for the year ended 31st August 2025, driven by an increase in funded children. The trustees report no concerns about the charity continuing as a going concern, and free reserves stood at £26,343, which they hold for future staffing and continuity purposes. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BURFORD SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£23k

Charities like this

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

TISBURY PRE-SCHOOL income £100k
BURFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £105k
Wymeswold Preschool income £92k
STOKE HILL PRE-SCHOOL GROUP income £446k
BUTTSBURY PRE-SCHOOL income £328k
PEACHCROFT PRE-SCHOOL income £206k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Escrick Pre-School	£89k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TISBURY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£100k	—	above	—	no doubt
BURFORD PRE-SCHOOL FY2024	£105k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Wymeswold Preschool FY2025	£92k	—	above	22.3%	no doubt
STOKE HILL PRE-SCHOOL GROUP FY2025	£446k	—	above	—	no doubt
BUTTSBURY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£328k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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