NITON PRE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1100496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preschool operates in a small village catering for children aged from 9 months - 5 years.

Objects

3.1 OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE 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 RAVE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OF ABILITY;3.2 ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;3.3 INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE, NITON, HAMPSHIRE

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
£586k
Latest spending
£484k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £101,679 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves held at year-end were £387,752, with £336,191 not invested in fixed assets. The trustees maintain reserves to support short-term cash deficits and meet unanticipated or long-term maintenance costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to support any short term cash deficits, meet unanticipated expenditure and to cover long term maintenance costs (held: £336k)
“The trustees maintain a level of reserves so that the charity has sufficient funds to support any short term cash deficits, meet unanticipated expenditure and to cover long term maintenance costs.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£586k
Total spending
£484k
Reserves (reported)
£100k
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£586k£484k
31/08/2024£401k£430k
31/08/2023£352k£307k
31/08/2022£314k£257k
31/08/2021£307k£230k

Common questions

Is NITON PRE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £101,679 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves held at year-end were £387,752, with £336,191 not invested in fixed assets. The trustees maintain reserves to support short-term cash deficits and meet unanticipated or long-term maintenance costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£800Music for all generations

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NACTON AND BUCKLESHAM UNDER FIVES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NITON PRE SCHOOL£586k—0above—no doubt
NACTON AND BUCKLESHAM UNDER FIVES FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£222kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£188k—0above—no doubt
NORTON PRE-SCHOOL (BURY ST EDMUNDS) 0-5 YEARS FY2025£288k—0unclear—no doubt
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES FY2025£158k—0unclear—no doubt

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