St Michaels Pre-School

Registered charity 1043275 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MICHAELS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Pre-school in Tettenhall,Wolverhampton provides care and education to pre school children.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGIGN PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF 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.

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Latest income

£146k

Latest spending

£156k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £9,925.29 for the year, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the organization remains financially sustainable and continues to operate normally. The charity holds unrestricted reserves, though the specific unrestricted reserve figure is not explicitly isolated from the total bank balance in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Government funding (80% of income)

“The charities total income for the year was £146,239.69 primarily from childcare fees, government-funded early education entitlements and fundraising activities.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months of operating expenditure (held: £18k)

“The Trustees aim to maintain unrestricted reserves sufficient to meet between 3 to 6 months of operating expenditure.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Examiner Mr MD Wood is related to the Secretary (who prepared the accounts).

“The accounts have been examined by Mr MD Wood, who is a former Church Treasurer and a former Charity Treasurer but is also related to the Secretary.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Accounts prepared by Secretary as acting Treasurer due to lack of appointed Treasurer; Examiner is related to the Secretary.

“The accounts presented here have been drawn up by the Secretary as acting Treasurer in the interests of speed. The accounts have been examined by Mr MD Wood, who is a former Church Treasurer and a former Charity Treasurer but is also related to the Secretary.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Financial reserves 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
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

NICOLA JANE KYNASTON-WOOD
Suzanne Vaughan
Victoria Brew

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

Operates in: Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£146k	£156k
31/08/2024	£147k	£136k
31/08/2023	£141k	£137k
31/08/2022	£117k	£114k
31/08/2021	£116k	£102k

Common questions

Is St Michaels Pre-School financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £9,925.29 for the year, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the organization remains financially sustainable and continues to operate normally. The charity holds unrestricted reserves, though the specific unrestricted reserve figure is not explicitly isolated from the total bank balance in the provided text. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

WOODLEY PRESCHOOL income £134k
STITHIANS PRESCHOOL income £138k
WHEELOCK PRE-SCHOOL income £108k
Muskham Preschool income £118k
DATCHWORTH PRE-SCHOOL income £101k
BARHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £169k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
St Michaels Pre-School	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODLEY PRESCHOOL FY2025	£134k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
STITHIANS PRESCHOOL FY2025	£138k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WHEELOCK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Muskham Preschool FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DATCHWORTH PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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