WILLASTON PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1035488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WILLASTON PLAYGROUP

We are registered with Ofsted to offer education and care for children over the age of 2 years until they reach school age.

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Latest income
£192k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £19,287.71 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £192,150.65 against expenditure of £172,862.94. Per the trustees' report, sufficient reserves are retained to fund redundancies and similar costs in the event of closure, alongside specific reserves for training and repairs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Sufficient reserves are retained in order to fund redundancies and similar costs in the event of closure. Further, a training reserve and repairs reserve are maintained in order to smooth out infrequent but expensive costs. (held: £31k)
Sufficient reserves are retained in order to fund redundancies and similar costs in the event of closure. Further, a training reserve and repairs reserve are maintained in order to smooth out infrequent but expensive costs. — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£192k£173k
31/08/2024£174k£162k
31/08/2023£149k£149k
31/08/2022£111k£114k
31/08/2021£120k£113k

Common questions

Is WILLASTON PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £19,287.71 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £192,150.65 against expenditure of £172,862.94. Per the trustees' report, sufficient reserves are retained to fund redundancies and similar costs in the event of closure, alongside specific reserves for training and repairs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WILLASTON PRE-SCHOOL£192k0aboveno doubt
WILSTEAD PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£237k0unclearno doubt
THE WILLOWS PRE-SCHOOL, NORTH BRADLEY FY2025£165k0below45.2%no doubt
WOLLASTON AND STRIXTON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£248k0unclearno doubt
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES FY2025£158k0unclearno doubt
WILLOW BANK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£198kunclearno doubt

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