OLNEY PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1039667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OLNEY PLAYGROUP, OLNEY PPRE-SCHOOL

Providing a pre school service for children in the community.

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
£242k
Latest spending
£214k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £51,500 in a redundancy fund and £62,257.98 in operating capital, with no funds materially in deficit. Per the trustees' report, the charity is confident in its ability to continue as a going concern, citing sustainable income and sufficient surplus to mitigate future volatility.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Surplus and reserves are held to cover ongoing variable operating costs, additional capex availability to maintain the required standards of consumables, equipment and facilities, and to provide a fund to cover redundancy. (held: £114k)
“Surplus and reserves are held to cover ongoing variable operating costs, additional capex availability to maintain the required standards of consumables, equipment and facilities, and to provide a fund to cover redundancy.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£242k£214k
31/08/2024£214k£190k
31/08/2023£161k£158k
31/08/2022£159k£146k
31/08/2021£141k£130k

Common questions

Is OLNEY PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £51,500 in a redundancy fund and £62,257.98 in operating capital, with no funds materially in deficit. Per the trustees' report, the charity is confident in its ability to continue as a going concern, citing sustainable income and sufficient surplus to mitigate future volatility.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2005£5kClimbing frame and safety surface

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OLDLAND PRESCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OLNEY PRE-SCHOOL£242k—0above—no doubt
OLDLAND PRESCHOOL FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£188k—0above—no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£222kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
GARRAS OWLETS PRE SCHOOL FY2025£110k—0above—no doubt
BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt

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