MAYFIELD PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1044859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAYFIELD PLAYGROUP

Mayfield Pre-School provides early years education to children between the ages of 2 and 5 years in the parish of Mayfield and Five Ashes, East Sussex.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY (1) CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF MAYFIELD AND FIVE ASHES (2) CHILDREN RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE PARISH OF MAYFIELD AND FIVE ASHES.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF MAYFIELD AND FIVE ASHES

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

£192k

Latest spending

£159k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a surplus, reporting income of £192,061 against expenditure of £158,706. The trustees confirm the charity remains a healthy going concern with a sustainable financial position, although unrestricted reserves have reduced slightly over the past 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Our funds were again bolstered by the monthly contributions we receive from local people via the donation scheme set up a few years ago; and some very generous individuals who choose to support us year in, year out.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to cover the basic annual running costs, in case of loss of government or other core funding

“The Pre-School’s policy on this is to maintain sufficient reserves to cover the basic annual running costs, in case of loss of government or other core funding.”

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
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Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Paying staff
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
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Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Benjamin James Pearce
Hannah Oliver
Louisa Hillman
Otto Tibbles
Rebecca Pearce
Sophie Raubenheimer

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£192k	£159k
31/08/2024	£138k	£137k
31/08/2023	£138k	£134k
31/08/2022	£131k	£129k
31/08/2021	£111k	£128k

Common questions

Is MAYFIELD PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a surplus, reporting income of £192,061 against expenditure of £158,706. The trustees confirm the charity remains a healthy going concern with a sustainable financial position, although unrestricted reserves have reduced slightly over the past 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£66k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
THE FARRINGDON HOUSE SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£16k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAYFIELD SCHOOL LTD.

MAYFIELD SCHOOL LTD income £15.4m
LAXFIELD PRE SCHOOL income £508k
MEADOWLANDS PRE-SCHOOL income £182k
NEW MILLSIDE PRE-SCHOOL income £291k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MAYFIELD income £163k
HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £198k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MAYFIELD PRE-SCHOOL	£192k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MAYFIELD SCHOOL LTD FY2025	£15.4m	£120,001 - £130,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LAXFIELD PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£508k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MEADOWLANDS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£182k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW MILLSIDE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£291k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF MAYFIELD FY2025	£163k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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