PENNY POT UNDER 5'S CRECHE

Registered charity 1072870 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PENNY POT UNDER 5'S PRE-SCHOOL & CRECHE

The Penny Pot Creche is a military and civilian sponsored Pre School providing a sessional and nursery care settings for the children of military personnel and local civilians on a fill up basis.

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Latest income

£504k

Latest spending

£477k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £34 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a net deficit for the financial year of £1,814. Per the balance sheet, net assets decreased from £63,990 in 2023 to £62,176 in 2024, with unrestricted reserves held at £62,176.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£0

Total spending

£477k

Cost of raising funds

£477k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

BARRY APPLETONchair
David Paylor Treasury
Heather McGowan
Monique Towler

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£504k	£477k
31/12/2023	£456k	£437k
31/12/2022	£427k	£424k
31/12/2021	£176k	£189k
31/12/2020	£121k	£142k

Common questions

Is PENNY POT UNDER 5'S CRECHE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £34 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a net deficit for the financial year of £1,814. Per the balance sheet, net assets decreased from £63,990 in 2023 to £62,176 in 2024, with unrestricted reserves held at £62,176. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 BAYWIND ENERGY COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£20k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
WESTWAY TRUST	1	£2k
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POTTON PRE-SCHOOL (ST. MARY'S).

POTTON PRE-SCHOOL (ST. MARY'S) income £289k
PENNINGTON NURSERY income £527k
PARKSTONE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £123k
PEPPER POT CENTRE income £292k
POUND HILL PLAYGROUP income £286k
THE HONEYPOT CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PENNY POT UNDER 5'S CRECHE	£504k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
POTTON PRE-SCHOOL (ST. MARY'S) FY2025	£289k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PENNINGTON NURSERY FY2025	£527k	—	above	—	no doubt
PARKSTONE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PEPPER POT CENTRE FY2025	£292k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
POUND HILL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£286k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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