PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE

Registered charity 1096526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A membership organisation for early years providers, our charitable purpose is to give children the best start in life by providing services that promote child development and support families especially those in deprived areas. This is achieved through early intervention and family services programmes, advising and representing our members and developing our own settings in deprived communities.

Objects

THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS OBJECTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY:3.1 PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY 3.2 PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT3.3 PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING3.4 PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS3.5 PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT OTHER ORGANISATIONS WITH SIMILAR OBJECTS3.6 PROVIDING SERVICES TO ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHARITY’

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £742,000 for the year, driven largely by a £272,000 unrealised loss on investments and a £498,000 restructure cost. Despite these pressures, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, citing an underlying unrestricted surplus before restructure costs and a revised operating model designed for sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority; 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Early Years Alliance (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/04/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sarah Elizabeth Presswoodchair
• Anna Maria Wright
• CAROL Anne Dalton
• Christine Cheshire
• Emma Jane Comer
• Emma Wohl
• GRAHAM JOHN MCMILLAN
• Karen Elaine Hazell
• Keith John Appleyard
• Laura perfetti
• Margaret Lilian Collins
• Sandra Joanne Blank
• Wendy Leigh Hartley

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEN RHYDDING PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP.

• BEN RHYDDING PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £150k
• CHILDREN'S CORNER PRE-SCHOOL COMMITTEE income £230k
• ST ANNE'S PRE-SCHOOL (CHINGFORD) income £142k
• ST MARGARET'S PRE-SCHOOL income £124k
• SOUTHMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE income £106k
• BRIARY PRE-SCHOOL income £262k

Side by side with its peers

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