HARDWICK PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1059361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HARDWICK PRE-SCHOOL GROUPS

Pre-School care and education. Learning through play following early years curriculum and standards.

Objects

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 COMMUINTY GROUPS.

Area of benefit: CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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

£162k

Latest spending

£157k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts provided are limited to a Trustees' Annual Report and do not contain financial statements, income, expenditure, or balance sheet figures. Consequently, it is not possible to determine the charity's financial health, reserves, or staffing costs from the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Hardwick Pre-School maintains reserves in two deposit accounts. The first "staff account" is to pay for staff redundancies, should the need arise. The second "property account" is to fund costs relating to the pre-school building including maintenance costs.

“Hardwick Pre-School maintains reserves in two deposit accounts. The first "staff account" is to pay for staff redundancies, should the need arise. The second "property account" is to fund costs relating to the pre-school building including maintenance costs.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

LUCY HILLchair
Alexandra Hallam
Bethan Hosking Jones
Chloe Czarnecki
Fiona Drane
Hazel Alexander
JAMES WAKELING · trustee of 1 other charity
Laura Jameson
Lucy Chima
Lucy Davis
Lynda Wilson

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£162k	£157k
31/08/2024	£151k	£133k
31/08/2023	£123k	£110k
31/08/2022	£96k	£106k
31/08/2021	£103k	£94k

Common questions

Is HARDWICK PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts provided are limited to a Trustees' Annual Report and do not contain financial statements, income, expenditure, or balance sheet figures. Consequently, it is not possible to determine the charity's financial health, reserves, or staffing costs from the provided text.

Charities like this

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

BATTLE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £118k
SIDEMOOR PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £153k
LONGWICK PRE-SCHOOL income £193k
WOODLEY PRESCHOOL income £134k
BARHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £169k
St Nicholas and St Faith Pre-school income £117k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HARDWICK PRE-SCHOOL	£162k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BATTLE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SIDEMOOR PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£153k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONGWICK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£193k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODLEY PRESCHOOL FY2025	£134k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
BARHAM PRE-SCHOOL FY2026	£169k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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