COURTNEY LADYBIRDS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1036160 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LADYBIRD PLAYGROUP (KINGSWOOD), LADYBIRD PRE-SCHOOL

We are a pre-school who work in the Kingswood area of Bristol. The pre-school have just been given "GOOD" by ofsted, which is fantastic.

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Latest income

£154k

Latest spending

£194k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a loss for the year, with total expenditure of £193,536 against income of £153,536. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains viable due to accumulated savings, although reserves are diminishing. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of six months' expenditure, with actual unrestricted reserves reported at £111,967.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The main reasons for variation on budgeted figures being: The first term Grant payment for Autumn 2024 was paid into the previous years financial accounts in August 2024 rather than September 2024 which has made our loss exaggerated. Income Parent fees were down by £3550 on previous year Nursery education grant down by £6025”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £112k)

“Charity reserves are to be maintained at such levels to allow the charity to cover 6 months' worth of expenditure” — page 7

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

Amy Smithchair
Kayleigh Burnham
Rebecca Harvey
Robert Cupper
Samantha Harvey

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

Operates in: Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£154k	£194k
31/08/2024	£177k	£178k
31/08/2023	£126k	£134k
31/08/2022	£135k	£158k
31/08/2021	£120k	£101k

Common questions

Is COURTNEY LADYBIRDS PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a loss for the year, with total expenditure of £193,536 against income of £153,536. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains viable due to accumulated savings, although reserves are diminishing. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of six months' expenditure, with actual unrestricted reserves reported at £111,967. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

LADYBIRDS PRE-SCHOOL KEELBY income £106k
LADYBIRD PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED income £657k
LANGSHOTT LADYBIRDS NURSERY income £170k
LITTLEBOURNE LADYBIRDS PLAYGROUP income £191k
LADYBIRDS PLAYGROUP income £126k
Little Birds Pre-school income £210k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COURTNEY LADYBIRDS PRE-SCHOOL	£154k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LADYBIRDS PRE-SCHOOL KEELBY FY2025	£106k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LADYBIRD PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED FY2024	£657k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LANGSHOTT LADYBIRDS NURSERY FY2025	£170k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLEBOURNE LADYBIRDS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£191k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LADYBIRDS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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