STOBOROUGH NURSERY

Registered charity 1037728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STOBOROUGH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

We provide a caring and stimulating environment for children aged 2.5 to the year they enter School. We are funded by fee paying parents, Government funding for qualifying children, grants and donations. We have 8 paid staff and a voluntary committee.

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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
£123k
Latest spending
£114k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the nursery achieved a net surplus of £8,757 for the year, increasing its net funds from £139,002 to £147,759. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records, noting no material matters requiring attention. The nursery continues to thrive under its current leadership and committee structure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
06/04/2025£123k£114k
06/04/2024£137k£99k
06/04/2023£117k£97k
07/04/2022£116k£91k
07/04/2021£105k£97k

Common questions

Is STOBOROUGH NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the nursery achieved a net surplus of £8,757 for the year, increasing its net funds from £139,002 to £147,759. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records, noting no material matters requiring attention. The nursery continues to thrive under its current leadership and committee structure. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST. MARY'S NURSERY GROUP (ALBRIGHTON).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STOBOROUGH NURSERY£123k—0unclear—no doubt
ST. MARY'S NURSERY GROUP (ALBRIGHTON) FY2025£120k—0unclear—noted
THE OAKS NURSERY FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD FY2025£400k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MICHAEL'S COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£162k—0unclear—noted
SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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