BISHOPDOWN FARM COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND FARM FRIENDS

Registered charity 1076227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BISHOPDOWN FARM COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND FARMYARD FRIENDS PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP

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Latest income

£198k

Latest spending

£193k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £4,987 to a total of £158,561, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity's policy is to maintain unrestricted funds equivalent to three to six months of expenditure, and the current balance exceeds the lower end of this target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £159k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Eleanor Thomchair
Sarah Wallace-Lower
Stacey Crump
abigail stainer

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£198k	£193k
31/08/2024	£223k	£182k
31/08/2023	£223k	£182k
31/08/2022	£348k	£378k
31/08/2021	£153k	£177k

Common questions

Is BISHOPDOWN FARM COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND FARM FRIENDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £4,987 to a total of £158,561, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity's policy is to maintain unrestricted funds equivalent to three to six months of expenditure, and the current balance exceeds the lower end of this target. Its FY2025 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
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£102k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL income £217k
ALLIED SCHOOLS AGENCY LIMITED income £354k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARLOW income £303k
LEVEN PRE-SCHOOL income £117k
CRESSEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL FUND income £349k
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) income £536k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BISHOPDOWN FARM COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND FARM FRIENDS	£198k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£217k	—	0	above	—	material uncertainty
ALLIED SCHOOLS AGENCY LIMITED FY2025	£354k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HARLOW FY2024	£303k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LEVEN PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£117k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CRESSEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL FUND FY2025	£349k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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