DUCKLINGS PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING CENTRE

Registered charity 1064036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROADGATE PLAYGROUP, DUCKLINGS AT ST MARGARETS

Care and education of Pre-school children, while offering flexible childcare for parents who wish to work/train, or just for their children to mix with others.

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 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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Latest income
£371k
Latest spending
£357k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £13,444 in the year ended 31 July 2025, recovering from a deficit in the previous year. The trustees report that reserves held are £0, which is below the stated policy aim of covering two months' salary costs. The charity confirms there are no uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months' salary costs
“The aim is to have sufficient funds to cover 2 months’ salary costs”
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£371k£357k
31/07/2024£307k£350k
31/07/2023£353k£337k
31/07/2022£315k£314k
31/07/2021£293k£284k

Common questions

Is DUCKLINGS PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £13,444 in the year ended 31 July 2025, recovering from a deficit in the previous year. The trustees report that reserves held are £0, which is below the stated policy aim of covering two months' salary costs. The charity confirms there are no uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2020£4kStory Time
The National Lottery Community Fund26/10/2016£10kEvery Child a Talker