BLUNDELLSANDS KINDERGARTEN PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1047898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Educational provision for children aged 2-5 years old

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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
£227k
Latest spending
£247k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £19,737 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves from £140,050 to £120,323. The trustees have not yet set a formal reserves policy but are mindful of maintaining adequate levels to safeguard viability. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£227k£247k
31/08/2024£218k£252k
31/08/2023£201k£235k
31/08/2022£190k£208k
31/08/2021£199k£174k

Common questions

Is BLUNDELLSANDS KINDERGARTEN PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £19,737 for the year, reducing unrestricted reserves from £140,050 to £120,323. The trustees have not yet set a formal reserves policy but are mindful of maintaining adequate levels to safeguard viability. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. 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
VISCOUNT AMORY'S CHARITABLE TRUST1£230k
THE TUDWICK FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLUNDELL'S SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BLUNDELLSANDS KINDERGARTEN PLAYGROUP£227k—0unclear—no doubt
BLUNDELL'S SCHOOL FY2025£19.5m£170,001 - £180,000—unclear—no doubt
CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt
HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025£306k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS BLUNDELLSANDS FY2024£128k—0below—noted
BOLTON-LE-SANDS PLAYGROUP AND TODDLERS FY2025£198k—0unclear—no doubt

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