THE PARADE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1093007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community preschool in the local Hilsea area of Portsmouth

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 PORTSMOUTH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Get email alerts

Latest income

£303k

Latest spending

£332k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a total deficit of £29,068.86. The trustees report that the preschool is in a very worrying financial position due to rising costs, the cost-of-living crisis, and a significant drop in funding and attendance. No additional support was received to mitigate these financial pressures.

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

“The preschool is in a very worrying financial position because of the added rising costs, the cost-of-living crisis and the changes to funding. Sadly, the setting has been given no additional support to help with the drop in funding and the cost-of-living crisis. This obviously continues to cause us a lot of concern.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: All committee members resigned

“SHOCK: ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE RESIGNING!”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 1 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
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

Catherine Robinson

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

Operates in: Portsmouth City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£303k	£332k
31/08/2024	£312k	£316k
31/08/2023	£267k	£267k
31/08/2022	£324k	£324k
31/08/2021	£235k	£246k

Common questions

Is THE PARADE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a total deficit of £29,068.86. The trustees report that the preschool is in a very worrying financial position due to rising costs, the cost-of-living crisis, and a significant drop in funding and attendance. No additional support was received to mitigate these financial pressures.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/10/2009	£2k	ICT Delivered Through the Foundation Stage
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/02/2008	£4k	Celebrating Cultural Awareness

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
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

Parley Community Pre School income £119k
YATELEY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £227k
HELLESDON COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £192k
PHOENIX PRE-SCHOOL income £297k
HAYLING COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £231k
HARLINGTON VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL income £224k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PARADE COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL	£303k	—	—	unclear	—	noted
Parley Community Pre School FY2025	£119k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YATELEY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£227k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HELLESDON COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£192k	—	—	unclear	—	noted
PHOENIX PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£297k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HAYLING COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£231k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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