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WELBOURN WONDERBUGS PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1044232 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WELBOURN PLAY SCHOOL, WELBOURN PLAYGROUP, WELBOURN PRE SCHOOL, WELBOURN PRE-SCHOOL

Local run pre-school

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Latest income
£86k
Latest spending
£76k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the preschool ended the financial year with a profit of over £6,000, having clawed back previous deficits. Unrestricted reserves are held in current and savings accounts totaling approximately £49,500, which the treasurer notes is sufficient to cover redundancy pay and three to six months of running costs. The organization reports that government funding and fundraising have allowed it to remain financially stable despite sector-wide challenges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months running costs for emergencies (held: £50k)
“we hold more than enough in this account to cover this and around three to six months running costs for emergencies.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Phill Kerr performs maintenance voluntarily, saving money, but no payment is stated.
“Id like to thank Phill Kerr who I know “voluntarily” carries out an awful lot of maintenance at preschool which saves us a considerable amount of money.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The document mentions the process of converting to a CIO and registering with the Charity Commission, but does not state any failures, late filings, or regulator engagements as 'serious matters' per the strict definition. The CIO update states 'Registration with the charity commission has taken place... completed in October.' No governance flags are explicitly stated as negative or serious incidents.
“Registration with the charity commission has taken place- this was completed in October. We are now in the process of doing our OFSTED reregistration- this requires us to effectively register a new preschool.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£86k£76k
31/08/2024£71k£73k
31/08/2023£67k£57k
31/08/2022£59k£46k
31/08/2021£32k£30k

Common questions

Is WELBOURN WONDERBUGS PRESCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the preschool ended the financial year with a profit of over £6,000, having clawed back previous deficits. Unrestricted reserves are held in current and savings accounts totaling approximately £49,500, which the treasurer notes is sufficient to cover redundancy pay and three to six months of running costs. The organization reports that government funding and fundraising have allowed it to remain financially stable despite sector-wide challenges.