SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1036486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of care and education for children aged between two and five.

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

£175k

Latest spending

£147k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £39,245 for the year, with total income of £170,032 against expenditure of £130,787. Free reserves held at the period end were £54,727, which the trustees describe as a contingency for future extraordinary expenditure. The charity aims to financially break-even when attendance is low and seeks to increase reserves when attendance is optimal.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: contingency to cover any future extraordinary expenditure (held: £55k)

“When attendance is at the optimum levels the charity looks to make a small increase to their reserves as a contingency to cover any future extraordinary expenditure.”

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (06/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jen Berridgechair
Amanda Jane Waring

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£175k	£147k
31/08/2024	£104k	£111k
31/08/2023	£120k	£107k
31/08/2022	£76k	£79k
31/08/2021	£56k	£80k

Common questions

Is SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £39,245 for the year, with total income of £170,032 against expenditure of £130,787. Free reserves held at the period end were £54,727, which the trustees describe as a contingency for future extraordinary expenditure. The charity aims to financially break-even when attendance is low and seeks to increase reserves when attendance is optimal.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £142k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP income £104k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
THE LITTLE SUTTON CLUB AND NURSERY SCHOOL income £692k
BROUGHTON PRE-SCHOOL income £118k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£142k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£178k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LITTLE SUTTON CLUB AND NURSERY SCHOOL FY2025	£692k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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