BARLOW PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1064990 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARLOW PLAYGROUP

We provide early years education for children aged 2 1/2 to school age, from the surrounding district. This includes 3 afternoon sessions a week of forest school. Sessions run form 9AM to 3PM from Barlow village Hall.

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Latest income

£208k

Latest spending

£193k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £70,080. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and are satisfied that funds are adequate to fulfill obligations. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Louise Wellschair · trustee of 1 other charity
Francesca Rooker · trustee of 1 other charity
Rosemarie Twigg · trustee of 1 other charity
Sophie Heaton · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£208k	£193k
31/07/2024	£165k	£136k
31/07/2023	£123k	£121k
31/07/2022	£120k	£112k
31/07/2021	£104k	£109k

Common questions

Is BARLOW PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £70,080. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and are satisfied that funds are adequate to fulfill obligations. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further explanation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/05/2023	£10k	Community Outdoor shelter at Barlow Pre School

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CROSS TRUST	1	£110k
THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
Wokingham United Charities	1	£6k
RICHARD REEVE'S FOUNDATION	1	£4k
THE HARROGATE ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST FUND	1	£300

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL.

BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL income £101k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £104k
Forest School, London income £39.0m
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £118k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BARLOW PRE-SCHOOL	£208k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	0	above	188.9%	no doubt
Forest School, London FY2025	£39.0m	£300,001 - £310,000	—	above	—	no doubt
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£188k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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