ST CLARES PRE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1038772 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST CLARES UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP

Provide educational and care for children aged 2 years to 4 years. Currently we can take up to 32 children per session. We are open 8-5:30pm. Ofsted inspected.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDSOF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS

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.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£190k

Latest spending

£188k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net incoming resource of £1,468, resulting in total funds carried forward of £39,374. The trustees report confirms the charity is not in deficit after making designated reserves for specific statutory costs. The setting maintains strong links with the local community and operates at near maximum occupancy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £20k; policy: £20.0k is Designated Funds – Reserves. This is the figure as agreed by the Trustees to be held in Reserve to meet specific Statutory / Contractual costs should the Charity cease to operate – Staff Redundancy, Premises Rent Notice and other recognised ‘winding-up’ costs.)

“Statement on the Charities Policy on Reserves Within the Financial Statements a figure of £4624k is presented as Total Funds, of which £20.0k is Designated Funds – Reserves. This is the figure as agreed by the Trustees to be held in Reserve to meet specific Statutory / Contractual costs should the Charity cease to operate – Staff Redundancy, Premises Rent Notice and other recognised ‘winding-up’ costs. The Charity is not in deficit after making such a Reserve.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Government income: £137,587 — grants £137,587 (3); 79% of the £173,592 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 07/09/2026, 69 days after the 30/06/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Casey Archerchair
Jess Gilmartin
LAURA HUMPHREYS

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£190k	£188k
31/08/2024	£182k	£183k
31/03/2023	£174k	£173k
31/03/2022	£181k	£171k
31/03/2021	£148k	£137k

Common questions

Is ST CLARES PRE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net incoming resource of £1,468, resulting in total funds carried forward of £39,374. The trustees report confirms the charity is not in deficit after making designated reserves for specific statutory costs. The setting maintains strong links with the local community and operates at near maximum occupancy. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/07/2018	£10k	St Clare's Better Start Project

Charities like this

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

ST CLARES PRE-SCHOOL income £586k
ST GEORGE'S PRE SCHOOL income £129k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
Crowland Community Preschool income £79k
CLACKCLOSE PRE-SCHOOL income £219k
ST PAULS PRE-SCHOOL income £195k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST CLARES PRE SCHOOL	£190k	—	below	—	no doubt
ST CLARES PRE-SCHOOL FY2026	£586k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST GEORGE'S PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£129k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£178k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Crowland Community Preschool FY2025	£79k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CLACKCLOSE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£219k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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