NEWTON SOLNEY PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1035402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWTON SOLNEY PLAYGROUP

PROVIDES PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE FACILILTIES WITHIN VILLAGE COMMUNITY

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: South Derbyshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£76k

Latest spending

£62k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an excess of income over expenditure of £14,726 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £42,417, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of six months' forecast expenditure. The charity is not dependent on any external funding sources or creditor support to continue its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months forecast expenditure (reserves figure: £42k)

“unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the Charity should be equal to a minimum of 6 months forecast expenditure”

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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Government income: £64,105 — contracts £64,105 (1); 84% of the £76,339 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £51,997 — contracts £51,997 (1); 79% of the £65,990 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £24,337 — contracts £24,337 (1); 56% of the £43,727 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 04/02/2026, 4 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 23/02/2025, 23 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 28/06/2024, 149 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 02/06/2023, 122 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 13/03/2022, 41 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

GILLIAN LESLEY WILLIAMSON
HILARY MARJORIE FORD
LAURA WRIGHT
SOPHIA FISHER
charlie baker
phillipa owen

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£76k	£62k
31/03/2024	£66k	£60k
31/03/2023	£44k	£61k
31/03/2022	£32k	£52k
31/03/2021	£49k	£46k

Common questions

Is NEWTON SOLNEY PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded an excess of income over expenditure of £14,726 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £42,417, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of six months' forecast expenditure. The charity is not dependent on any external funding sources or creditor support to continue its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

NORTON ST PHILIP PRE-SCHOOL income £75k
NEWTON PARK PRE-SCHOOL income £191k
TESTON & WATERINGBURY PRESCHOOL income £122k
THE LITTLE SUTTON CLUB AND NURSERY SCHOOL income £692k
FETCHAM VILLAGE PRE SCHOOL income £210k
NEWTON LONGVILLE PRE-SCHOOL income £218k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEWTON SOLNEY PRE-SCHOOL	£76k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTON ST PHILIP PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£75k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWTON PARK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£191k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TESTON & WATERINGBURY PRESCHOOL FY2025	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LITTLE SUTTON CLUB AND NURSERY SCHOOL FY2025	£692k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FETCHAM VILLAGE PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£210k	—	above	—	no doubt

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