MARLDON PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1035916 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARLDON COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP

WE PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AGED 2-5 YEARS UNDER THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE.

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Latest income

£100k

Latest spending

£82k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Marldon Preschool Playgroup generated total income of £100,214.92 against total outgoing expenditure of £81,987.05, resulting in a surplus of £18,227.87 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £18,981.36, which the trustees note are held in the event of staff redundancies and are regularly checked to ensure a suitable amount is maintained.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Reserves held in the event of staff redundancies. The amount of reserves is regularly checked to ensure a suitable amount is held. (held: £19k)

“Reserves held in the event of staff redundancies. The amount of reserves is regularly checked to ensure a suitable amount is held.”

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

Oliver Abercrombiechair
Amy Victoria Francis
Isla Taylor Mrs
Jenty Flynn
Lesley Ward

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£100k	£82k
31/07/2024	£85k	£77k
31/07/2023	£71k	£85k
31/07/2022	£72k	£86k
31/07/2021	£90k	£77k

Common questions

Is MARLDON PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Marldon Preschool Playgroup generated total income of £100,214.92 against total outgoing expenditure of £81,987.05, resulting in a surplus of £18,227.87 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £18,981.36, which the trustees note are held in the event of staff redundancies and are regularly checked to ensure a suitable amount is maintained. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BLANCHMINSTER TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Martlesham Preschool.

Martlesham Preschool income £201k
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £142k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
MARDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £224k
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £132k
RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £190k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MARLDON PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP	£100k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Martlesham Preschool FY2025	£201k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£142k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£178k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MARDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£224k	£30,001 - £40,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£132k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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