CHERRY TREE (CHERITON) PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1038574 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHERRYTREE PRE-SCHOOL

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.

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Latest income
£110k
Latest spending
£84k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £66,366, representing a profit of £25,863. However, the Treasurer notes that current government funding only covers basic staff costs, requiring reserves to cover running costs and potential redundancy pay.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Government funding (77% of income)
The two main increases in income were in fees and government funding – totalling £103,455 alone
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
the current situation is that the government funding received each month is currently only really covering the basic wages, NI and pension contributions of the members of staff we currently employ and then we have the general running and maintenance costs of the preschool on-top — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

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£110k£84k
31/08/2024£88k£72k
31/08/2023£49k£59k
31/08/2022£64k£56k
31/08/2021£51k£51k

Common questions

Is CHERRY TREE (CHERITON) PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £66,366, representing a profit of £25,863. However, the Treasurer notes that current government funding only covers basic staff costs, requiring reserves to cover running costs and potential redundancy pay.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/01/2013£10kRelocation, Renovation

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHESTNUT PLAYGROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHERRY TREE (CHERITON) PLAYGROUP£110k0unclearnoted
CHESTNUT PLAYGROUP FY2025£132k0unclearno doubt
WHITECHAPEL PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£132k0aboveno doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025£104k0unclearno doubt
LORDSWOOD COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025£343k0aboveno doubt
CHERRY TREES FY2025£2.0m0unclearno doubt

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