ST JOHNS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP (CARLTON)

Registered charity 1040402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

St John's is a charity based pre-school and playgroup for children aged two to four. We are currently licensed for 26 children.

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Latest income

£114k

Latest spending

£98k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is dependent on Local Education Authority funding to sustain its activities, as earned income from fees alone would not allow it to continue operating. The trustees have agreed to maintain financial reserves of £38,000 to ensure main operations can continue for a period of 6 months in the event of funding difficulties. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £72k)

“keep to a certain level of financial reserves to ensure that main operations can continue for a period of 6 months. This includes redundancy pay and staff wages at an amount of £38000.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“St Johns Pre-School playgroup is currently dependent on LEA funding to sustain its activities, as earned income from fees alone would not allow St Johns Pre-school Playgroup to continue operating.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (10/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Elisaveta Huszarikchair

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£114k	£98k
31/07/2024	£102k	£86k
31/07/2023	£83k	£88k
31/07/2022	£69k	£79k
31/07/2021	£76k	£84k

Common questions

Is ST JOHNS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP (CARLTON) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is dependent on Local Education Authority funding to sustain its activities, as earned income from fees alone would not allow it to continue operating. The trustees have agreed to maintain financial reserves of £38,000 to ensure main operations can continue for a period of 6 months in the event of funding difficulties. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST JOHN'S PLAYTIME PRE-SCHOOL.

ST JOHN'S PLAYTIME PRE-SCHOOL income £136k
ST JOHN'S PLAYGROUP income £188k
ST JOHN'S PLAYGROUP (BILTON) income £153k
ST JOHN'S PRE-SCHOOL AND TODDLER GROUP income £129k
ST JOSEPH'S PLAYGROUP, HERTFORD income £118k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST JOHNS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP (CARLTON)	£114k	—	0	above	—	noted
ST JOHN'S PLAYTIME PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£136k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST JOHN'S PLAYGROUP FY2025	£188k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ST JOHN'S PLAYGROUP (BILTON) FY2025	£153k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST JOHN'S PRE-SCHOOL AND TODDLER GROUP FY2025	£129k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST JOSEPH'S PLAYGROUP, HERTFORD FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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