ST EVAL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1064642 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A Pre-school that provides day care for children aged 2-4, between 9am and 3pm monday to friday.

Objects

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

Latest income

£89k

Latest spending

£88k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £1,715.43 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £89,449.57 against expenditure of £87,734.14. The trustees report that the pre-school is thriving, although staffing has been tight due to financial constraints. Free reserves held in a separate savings account total £23,659.93, which exceeds the stated policy target of £15,000.00.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £15,000.00 (reserves figure: £24k)

“The amount of reserve funds set at £15,000.00.”

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 12
Government income: £67,535 — contracts £67,535 (1); 76% of the £89,449 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 11
Government income: £71,956 — grants £71,956 (1); 78% of the £92,508 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — St Eval Pre-School (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Robert Burchellchair
Alex King
Helen Foord-Joseph
Karen Steele
Katy Clasby
LeighAnn Nichols
Megan King
Rachael Richards
Toni Bunt

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£89k	£88k
31/08/2024	£93k	£91k
31/08/2023	£75k	£96k
31/08/2022	£81k	£81k
31/08/2021	£79k	£72k

Common questions

Is ST EVAL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £1,715.43 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £89,449.57 against expenditure of £87,734.14. The trustees report that the pre-school is thriving, although staffing has been tight due to financial constraints. Free reserves held in a separate savings account total £23,659.93, which exceeds the stated policy target of £15,000.00.

Charities like this

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

SWAFFHAM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £203k
STAUNTON ON WYE PLAYGROUP income £233k
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £104k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
ST GEORGE'S PRE SCHOOL income £129k
ST KEVERNE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £83k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST EVAL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP	£89k	—	above	—	no doubt
SWAFFHAM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£203k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STAUNTON ON WYE PLAYGROUP FY2025	£233k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	above	188.9%	no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£178k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST GEORGE'S PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£129k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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