SOMERCOTES STARS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1035651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTH SOMERCOTES PLAYGROUP

Provision of a facility to assist and enable development and education for pre-school children for the village of North Somercotes and surrounding areas and to provide after-school and holiday club facilities for children up to the age of 11.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCTION 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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Latest income

£149k

Latest spending

£131k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial situation remains stable, with unrestricted reserves of £10,000 held to provide resilience against changes in income and staff costs. However, the trustees note risks including rising staff costs, dropping service user numbers, and funding not increasing in line with operating costs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Reserves held to enable the charity some resilience against income and outgoing changes, including changing service user numbers and staff increase costs. (held: £10k)

“Reserves held to enable the charity some resilience against income and outgoing changes, including changing service user numbers and staff increase costs.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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 charity financial controls 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Adam Woadden
Eleanor Harman
Katie Woadden
Louise Marie Weller
Melissa Broad
Robert George Weller
Tracey Pickard

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£149k	£131k
31/03/2025	£110k	£102k
31/03/2024	£75k	£83k
31/03/2023	£101k	£92k
31/03/2022	£77k	£77k

Common questions

Is SOMERCOTES STARS PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial situation remains stable, with unrestricted reserves of £10,000 held to provide resilience against changes in income and staff costs. However, the trustees note risks including rising staff costs, dropping service user numbers, and funding not increasing in line with operating costs.

Charities like this

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

SOMERVILLE PRE-SCHOOL income £108k
SOUTH STREET PRE-SCHOOL income £141k
Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre charity fund income £102k
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k
SOUTHMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE income £106k
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOMERCOTES STARS PRE-SCHOOL	£149k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOMERVILLE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH STREET PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£141k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre charity fund FY2025	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTHMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE FY2024	£106k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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