TNB GARRISON EARLY YEARS AND PLAY

Registered charity 1079392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TIDNBUL GARRISON EARLY YEARS AND PLAY, TIDNBUL GARRISON PRESCHOOLS

We provide high level care & education at an affordable cost for children aged 3 months to 12 years up to 50 weeks of the year, in the Salisbury plain area including Larkhill, Bulford, Tidworth & Warminster.

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Latest income

£3.5m

Latest spending

£3.3m

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £258,182 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,238,053. The trustees report that the group operates on a non-profitmaking, self-financing basis and holds investments valued at £306,500. Staff payroll costs represent the largest expense at 88% of total expenditure, with no employee receiving a salary in excess of £60,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“41% of our income came directly from parents in the form of cash, card payment, direct bank transfer or voucher. 59% of our income was from Wiltshire Council for the provision of free entitlement to families.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: two months wages (held: £1.2m)

“The charity’s reserve policy states two months wages will be ringfenced to ensure there is the financial capacity to pay staff in the event of redundancy or in the event rental costs are suddenly introduced.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Fawcetts LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£3.5m

Total spending

£3.3m

Reserves (reported)

£1.0m

Employees

147

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (30/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

VICTORIA Clare Buchanan SETHchair
Damion Baines
Elizabeth Millwater
Evangeline Victoria Rabczak
JANICE ELAINE DODD
Stephanie Kate Colbourne DYKES
Steven David Pople

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£3.5m	£3.3m
31/08/2024	£2.9m	£2.7m
31/08/2023	£2.6m	£2.6m
31/08/2022	£2.5m	£2.5m
31/08/2021	£2.4m	£2.3m

Common questions

Is TNB GARRISON EARLY YEARS AND PLAY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £258,182 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,238,053. The trustees report that the group operates on a non-profitmaking, self-financing basis and holds investments valued at £306,500. Staff payroll costs represent the largest expense at 88% of total expenditure, with no employee receiving a salary in excess of £60,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Fawcetts LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	28/02/2024	£60k	ARMED FORCES FAMILY FUND
UK government	22/02/2023	£51k	ARMED FORCES FAMILY FUND (AF3)

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ALDERSHOT GARRISON PRE-SCHOOL SETTINGS.

THE ALDERSHOT GARRISON PRE-SCHOOL SETTINGS income £1.6m
BICESTER GARRISON (TIDDLYWINKS) PLAYGROUP income £260k
BORDON GARRISON PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP AND CRECHE income £450k
GURNARD PRE-SCHOOL income £396k
PANGBOURNE VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL income £169k
Hanborough Meadows Preschool income £153k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TNB GARRISON EARLY YEARS AND PLAY	£3.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALDERSHOT GARRISON PRE-SCHOOL SETTINGS FY2024	£1.6m	—	above	—	no doubt
BICESTER GARRISON (TIDDLYWINKS) PLAYGROUP FY2025	£260k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BORDON GARRISON PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP AND CRECHE FY2025	£450k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GURNARD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£396k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PANGBOURNE VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£169k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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