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CANDOVER VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1038184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANDOVER VALLEY PLAYGROUP

We provide sessional day care for children between the ages of 2 years until they start school. Our sessions last 3.0 hours and we look after up to 27 children in any one session. We are a member of the Preschool Learning Alliance and are Ofsted inspected.

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Latest income
£142k
Latest spending
£154k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the academic year on a loss of £12,456.45, driven by rising staffing costs and government funding revisions. While reserves were utilized to cover the deficit, the trustees note that this approach is not sustainable long-term and emphasize the need for increased fundraising and pupil numbers to remain financially viable.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: To ensure that we can provide a consistent level of service protecting against unforeseen losses to income or increases in expenses. To ensure that our liabilities can be met should our setting need to close. (held: £44k)
“The pre-school aims to 1. To ensure that we can provide a consistent level of service protecting against unforeseen losses to income or increases in expenses. 2. To ensure that our liabilities can be met should our setting need to close.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“We are fortunate to have reserves in place which we are utilising but using this year on year is not a sustainable solution. This is why fundraising, grant applications and raising pupil numbers is so important to ensure we remain financially viable.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CVP (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£142k£154k
31/08/2024£140k£145k
31/08/2023£102k£119k
31/08/2022£107k£128k
31/08/2021£116k£95k

Common questions

Is CANDOVER VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the academic year on a loss of £12,456.45, driven by rising staffing costs and government funding revisions. While reserves were utilized to cover the deficit, the trustees note that this approach is not sustainable long-term and emphasize the need for increased fundraising and pupil numbers to remain financially viable. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CANDOVER VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL£142k—0above—noted
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£222kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
CHADDLEWOOD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£339k—0unclear—noted
LITTLE STEPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£148k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£178k—0unclear—no doubt

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