ST KEVERNE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1049824 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education and care for children aged 6 months - 5 years

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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Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£83k
Latest spending
£86k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £2,470.56 and closing bank balances of £11,303.01. The trustees confirm that the accounts have been audited and prepared on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy or target is stated in the document.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Catherine Alder. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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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: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£83k£86k
31/08/2024£74k£76k
31/08/2023£41k£42k
31/08/2022£37k£34k
31/08/2021£27k£34k

Common questions

Is ST KEVERNE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £2,470.56 and closing bank balances of £11,303.01. The trustees confirm that the accounts have been audited and prepared on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy or target is stated in the document. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Catherine Alder.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2008£5kTaking the Classroom Outdoors
The National Lottery Community Fund05/08/2004£942Laptop, printer, digital camera

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST KEVERNE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP£83k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£178k—0unclear—no doubt
BUTTINGTON/TREWERN PLAYGROUP FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£142k——above—no doubt
KANES HILL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
KINTBURY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£67k—0unclear—no doubt

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