NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL (BILLERICAY)

Registered charity 1088981 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To enhance the development and education of children age between 2 - 5 years

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE BILLERICAY

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

£159k

Latest spending

£152k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a profit of £7,614 for the year, driven by a 22% increase in fees and funding. Free reserves stood at £11,074, which the trustees describe as a strong improvement representing 27 days of costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Much higher volume of children resulting in fees & funding increasing by 22%” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

AMANDA HEDGES
EDIE COVINGTON
JULIE EDWARDS
THERESA BAY

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£159k	£152k
31/08/2024	£131k	£136k
31/08/2023	£129k	£129k
31/08/2022	£126k	£126k
31/08/2021	£123k	£129k

Common questions

Is NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL (BILLERICAY) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a profit of £7,614 for the year, driven by a 22% increase in fees and funding. Free reserves stood at £11,074, which the trustees describe as a strong improvement representing 27 days of costs.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOAH'S ARK ( TOLWORTH ) PRE-SCHOOL.

NOAH'S ARK ( TOLWORTH ) PRE-SCHOOL income £201k
NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL (WERRINGTON) income £111k
NOAH'S ARK NURSERY SCHOOL income £245k
NOAHS ARK PLAYGROUP income £176k
NOAH'S ARK CHRISTIAN PRE-SCHOOL (BUCKHURST HILL) income £241k
THE ARK AT WELLIN LANE PRE-SCHOOL income £107k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL (BILLERICAY)	£159k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NOAH'S ARK ( TOLWORTH ) PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£201k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL (WERRINGTON) FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NOAH'S ARK NURSERY SCHOOL FY2025	£245k	—	above	—	no doubt
NOAHS ARK PLAYGROUP FY2025	£176k	—	unclear	—	noted
NOAH'S ARK CHRISTIAN PRE-SCHOOL (BUCKHURST HILL) FY2025	£241k	—	above	—	no doubt

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