PETER PAN PRE-SCHOOL BATH

Registered charity 1074136 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PETER PAN PLAYGROUP, PETER PAN PLAYGROUP (BATH)

provider of pre-school education

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(FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BATH

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: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£135k

Latest spending

£124k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £64,795, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of six months' running costs. The charity reported a net surplus of £10,775 for the year, with total income of £135,049 and charitable expenditure of £124,274. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“It is our policy to hold in reserve the equivalent of 6 months of running costs at £7,000 per month represented in the free reserves figure of £64,795.” — page 4

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investing charity funds 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

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 5
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Government income: £68,425 — grants £68,425 (1); 67% of the £102,300 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

FRANCES PARSONSchair
Christina Lauren Hellen
Claire Louise Salisbury
Elspeth Juliet Southall-Wild
Emma Naomi Perryman
Florence Mawditt
Sarah Lucy Tate Thornber
Vivian Lord

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£135k	£124k
31/08/2024	£132k	£126k
31/08/2023	£102k	£115k
31/08/2022	£106k	£105k
31/08/2021	£108k	£99k

Common questions

Is PETER PAN PRE-SCHOOL BATH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £64,795, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of six months' running costs. The charity reported a net surplus of £10,775 for the year, with total income of £135,049 and charitable expenditure of £124,274. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. 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	10/11/2011	£5k	Peter Pan Pre-School Garden Doors and improved disabled access
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/05/2004	£5k	Improving outdoor play area

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 TUDWICK FOUNDATION	1	£3k
BIRKDALE TRUST FOR HEARING IMPAIRED LTD	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PETER PAN PLAYGROUP.

PETER PAN PLAYGROUP income £217k
PEACHCROFT PRE-SCHOOL income £206k
PAWLETT PRE-SCHOOL income £57k
THE BATH GENERAL PRACTICE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRUST income £122k
ST JOHN BAPTIST V A PRIMARY SCHOOL FUND income £22k
BEACHES PRE-SCHOOL income £309k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PETER PAN PRE-SCHOOL BATH	£135k	—	below	—	no doubt
PETER PAN PLAYGROUP FY2025	£217k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PEACHCROFT PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£206k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PAWLETT PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£57k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BATH GENERAL PRACTICE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRUST FY2025	£122k	—	unclear	—	noted
ST JOHN BAPTIST V A PRIMARY SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£22k	—	within	—	no doubt

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