KILLAMARSH BEARS

Registered charity 1089216 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GILES BEARS PRE-SCHOOL

All income raised for the Killamarsh Bears Pre School is put back into the Pre School to help maintain the services we give to the children. We are a non-profit making organisation. Any balance in our accounts at the end of the financial year is used to cover the Administration of the Pre School for the month of January.

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:1) 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 WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY.2) 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.3) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

£206k

Latest spending

£212k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Pre School made a working deficit of £6.5 in 2025, primarily due to increased costs for employer National Insurance, wages, staff training, and purchases. The organization relies on government rates for funded children and cannot raise income from fees for the majority of its children. Per the trustees' report, the charity will rely on fundraising applications to support future running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“For the future, we will be relying on making applications to fund raising elements to help support the necessary additional costs that help to support the running of the Pre School.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

JILL WORMLEIGHTON · trustee of 2 other charities
LYNNE MARGARET FOX

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£206k	£212k
31/12/2024	£192k	£189k
31/12/2023	£175k	£171k
31/12/2022	£159k	£155k
31/12/2021	£138k	£143k

Common questions

Is KILLAMARSH BEARS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Pre School made a working deficit of £6.5 in 2025, primarily due to increased costs for employer National Insurance, wages, staff training, and purchases. The organization relies on government rates for funded children and cannot raise income from fees for the majority of its children. Per the trustees' report, the charity will rely on fundraising applications to support future running 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
SPORT, AMENITIES, RECREATION IN KESGRAVE	1	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOREST BEARS PLAYGROUP.

FOREST BEARS PLAYGROUP income £139k
THREE BEARS PLAYGROUP income £184k
KILLISICK PRE-SCHOOL income £205k
BOW BEARS PRE-SCHOOL CIO income £251k
BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP income £176k
Martlesham Preschool income £201k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KILLAMARSH BEARS	£206k	—	unclear	—	noted
FOREST BEARS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£139k	—	above	—	noted
THREE BEARS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£184k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KILLISICK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£205k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOW BEARS PRE-SCHOOL CIO FY2025	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP FY2025	£176k	—	unclear	114.2%	no doubt

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