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

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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.

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.

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
SALOMAN FOUNDATION	1	—
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£25k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	1	£1k

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 PLAYGROUP income £186k
NOAH'S ARK NURSERY GROUP income £162k

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 PLAYGROUP FY2025	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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