ST. HELEN'S PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1036697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST HELEN'S PLAYGROUP (COSTESSEY)

Childcare

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Latest income

£327k

Latest spending

£313k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £14,732 against total income of £327,332, resulting in an increase in free reserves from £117,291 to £132,023. The trustees report that the organization remains in a strong financial position despite navigating increasing financial pressures and workforce challenges across the early years sector.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Kerry Woodrowchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Lisa Burnett
Paul Burnett · trustee of 3 other charities
SAMANTHA GOODALL
Stuart Richard John Beard · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
10/08/2025	£327k	£313k
10/08/2024	£318k	£256k
10/08/2023	£213k	£204k
10/08/2022	£192k	£202k
10/08/2021	£184k	£200k

Common questions

Is ST. HELEN'S PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £14,732 against total income of £327,332, resulting in an increase in free reserves from £117,291 to £132,023. The trustees report that the organization remains in a strong financial position despite navigating increasing financial pressures and workforce challenges across the early years sector.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE.

LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE income £175k
ST LEONARDS PRE - SCHOOL income £260k
CHARLBURY PRESCHOOL income £156k
ST NICHOLAS PLAYGROUP income £134k
ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD income £400k
THE HEATHERS NURSERY income £194k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST. HELEN'S PRE-SCHOOL	£327k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE FY2025	£175k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST LEONARDS PRE - SCHOOL FY2025	£260k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHARLBURY PRESCHOOL FY2024	£156k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST NICHOLAS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD FY2025	£400k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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