WORFIELD CATERPILLARS (2-5'S)

Registered charity 1064801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Caterpillars Childcare, WORFIELD CATERPILLARS, WORFIELD PRE - SCHOOL

We provide high quality daytime childcare following the EYFS curriculum for children between 0 and 5 years old.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN 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
£308k
Latest spending
£271k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £286,994 and has no current debts. Per the trustees' report, the setting is running at full capacity with a waiting list, and there are no concerns regarding its sustainability or 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

Largest income source: Fees from families
“We are not reliant on any other source of income other than families’ fees, received through either funding or private paying.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£308k£271k
31/07/2024£312k£262k
31/07/2023£303k£251k
31/07/2022£245k£182k
31/07/2021£92k£87k

Common questions

Is WORFIELD CATERPILLARS (2-5'S) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £286,994 and has no current debts. Per the trustees' report, the setting is running at full capacity with a waiting list, and there are no concerns regarding its sustainability or ability to continue as a going concern.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WORFIELD CATERPILLARS (2-5'S)£308k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CATERPILLAR CLUB FY2025£158k—0unclear—no doubt
CATERPILLARS PRESCHOOL AT CALMORE FY2025£325k—0unclear—no doubt
KINGSHURST CATERPILLARS CIO FY2025£129k—0above—no doubt
CATERPILLARS PRE-SCHOOL (ESSEX) FY2025£187k—0unclear—no doubt
HORFIELD WELLY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt

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