CYGNETS (LANGFORD VILLAGE UNDER FIVES)

Registered charity 1044999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Playschool for pre-school children

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING 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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Registered contact address: Cherwell, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£150k
Latest spending
£135k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £14,607 for the year, bringing total funds to £87,591. The trustees describe the financial position as very positive, noting that expenses were managed to increase funds for upcoming garden refurbishment. Staff costs remain the major expense at £102,322, with fees and government funding serving as the primary income sources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Lease from Oxfordshire County Council
“The lease for the portacabin, owned by Oxfordshire County Council was signed by all parties on 26th August 2024, meaning that Cygnets now pay rent direct to OCC rather than the school.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Late filing admitted
“This should have been completed by the 31st May 2026 but will be submitted this week.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/07/2025 (received 16/06/2026, 16 days after the 31/05/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£150k£135k
31/07/2024£128k£130k
31/07/2023£121k£121k
31/07/2022£117k£103k
31/07/2021£101k£93k

Common questions

Is CYGNETS (LANGFORD VILLAGE UNDER FIVES) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £14,607 for the year, bringing total funds to £87,591. The trustees describe the financial position as very positive, noting that expenses were managed to increase funds for upcoming garden refurbishment. Staff costs remain the major expense at £102,322, with fees and government funding serving as the primary income sources. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MILLS CHARITY1£53k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CYGNETS PRE-SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CYGNETS (LANGFORD VILLAGE UNDER FIVES)£150k——unclear—no doubt
CYGNETS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£346k—0unclear—noted
BADINGHAM PLAY SCHOOL FY2026£440k——unclear—no doubt
PLAISTOW PLAY SCHOOL FY2025£170k—0unclear—no doubt
ROSLISTON UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL FY2024£55k—0unclear—no doubt
ELVINGTON UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP FY2025£73k—0unclear—no doubt

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