PHOENIX PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1080867 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Pre-school, held in the local infant school. This is run by a parent committee and follows the PLA guidelines.We are a popular, longstanding pre-school with a very good reputation.The preschool is situated in an area where there is a lot of social housing.

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 AND BY:(A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS.(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS.(C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE HAVANT, HAMPSHIRE.

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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Latest income
£297k
Latest spending
£274k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £10,864, having received £296,531 in income primarily from government funding. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding funds to cover one term's expenditure, and the independent examiner confirmed that accounting requirements were met.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one term's expenditure (held: £1k)
“The trustees recommend that the pre-school always has funds in the bank reserves to cover one term’s expenditure” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£297k£274k
31/08/2024£254k£265k
31/08/2023£249k£254k
31/08/2022£207k£252k
31/08/2021£239k£248k

Common questions

Is PHOENIX PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £10,864, having received £296,531 in income primarily from government funding. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding funds to cover one term's expenditure, and the independent examiner confirmed that accounting requirements were met. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Parley Community Pre School.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PHOENIX PRE-SCHOOL£297k—0unclear—no doubt
Parley Community Pre School FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt
Phoenix Under 5s Preschool FY2025£129k—0below—no doubt
THE RED BARN COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt
ASHURSTWOOD COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£180k—0above—no doubt

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