BURTON-ON-THE-WOLDS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1038703 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our aim is to provide a safe, caring, positive and stimulating environment for the children in our care where their individual interests and needs are catered for, to enable them to explore and learn through meaningful play.We aim to nurture and develop their physical, intellectual, emotional and social skills so they become confident, independent, sociable, happy individuals.

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
£149k
Latest spending
£144k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of net receipts over payments of £5,053. Total unrestricted funds held at 31 March 2026 were £65,155, an increase from the previous year's £60,922. The trustees prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Government childcare funding (78% of income)
“Income in the period was mainly from government childcare funding £111,453” — page 5
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£149k£144k
31/03/2025£136k£125k
31/03/2024£78k£101k
31/03/2023£72k£59k
31/07/2022£111k£95k

Common questions

Is BURTON-ON-THE-WOLDS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of net receipts over payments of £5,053. Total unrestricted funds held at 31 March 2026 were £65,155, an increase from the previous year's £60,922. The trustees prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BURTON-ON-THE-WOLDS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP£149k—0unclear—no doubt
WOODBOROUGH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
WINTON PLAYGROUP FY2025£233k—0above—no doubt
SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt
HOLBROOK AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
PILTON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£154k—0above—no doubt

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