BRADPOLE CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1035297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRADPOLE CHURCH PLAYGROUP

We are a none profit making registered charity and a member of the Pre-School Learning Alliance.We offer the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY:(A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS;(C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£198k
Latest spending
£174k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £23,898 for the year ended 31 August 2025, increasing total funds to £102,534. Per the trustees' report, progress is being made to build sufficient free funds to finance a full term's cost if income is lost, with £10,000 added to contingency savings. The administrator confirms the preschool is in a strong financial position moving forward.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one term's cost (held: £103k)
“Progress is also being made to build sufficient free funds to finance a full terms cost if for whatever reason we are without a significant part of our income.” — 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.

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: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£198k£174k
31/08/2024£165k£152k
31/08/2023£155k£133k
31/08/2022£122k£127k
31/08/2021£127k£133k

Common questions

Is BRADPOLE CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £23,898 for the year ended 31 August 2025, increasing total funds to £102,534. Per the trustees' report, progress is being made to build sufficient free funds to finance a full term's cost if income is lost, with £10,000 added to contingency savings. The administrator confirms the preschool is in a strong financial position moving forward. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government04/09/2020£7kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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
THE BURFORD SCHOOL FOUNDATION1£23k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WILLOWS PRE-SCHOOL, NORTH BRADLEY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRADPOLE CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL£198k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WILLOWS PRE-SCHOOL, NORTH BRADLEY FY2025£165k—0below45.2%no doubt
PARKWOOD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP PRESCHOOL FY2025£275k—0unclear—no doubt
BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
Braunston Preschool CIO FY2025£162k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIARY PRE-SCHOOL FY2024£262k—0above—no doubt

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