HUNTON AND LINTON UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1035846 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hunton & Linton Pre-school is a Charity that runs a Pre-school for children within the local area, aged from two years to school age. We are a sessional run preschool, open term time only in line with KCC requirements.

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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Latest income
£135k
Latest spending
£137k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's principal source of funding is fees from Kent County Council, supplemented by private fees and fundraising. The trustees maintain a reserve policy targeting approximately £40,000 to cover redundancy and hall hire costs for one term following potential curtailment of operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Kent County Council fees
“The charities principal source of funding is fees provided by Kent County Council as the administrator of the government free childcare scheme.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approx. £40,000
“The trustee’s estimate this cost to be approx. £40,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£135k£137k
31/08/2024£132k£124k
31/08/2023£104k£116k
31/08/2022£103k£106k
31/08/2021£123k£110k

Common questions

Is HUNTON AND LINTON UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's principal source of funding is fees from Kent County Council, supplemented by private fees and fundraising. The trustees maintain a reserve policy targeting approximately £40,000 to cover redundancy and hall hire costs for one term following potential curtailment of operations.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HUNTON AND LINTON UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP£135k—0unclear—no doubt
HOUGHTON AND WYTON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£229k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW LONGTON UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£472k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HUNSDON DUCKLINGS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£122k—0above—no doubt
HORN'S MILL PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£386k—0unclear—no doubt
HACKLETON PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt

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