WOODEN TOPS DAY NURSERY LTD

Registered charity 1102092 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOODSIDE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

To enhance the development and education of children, primarily under statutory school age.

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: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 REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS3.2 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 AREAS3.3 INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE WOODSIDE, TELFORD

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
£476k
Latest spending
£478k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit for the year ended 30 March 2025, primarily due to reinvestment in facilities and increased wage costs without commensurate income rises. Despite this, the trustees consider the current level of unrestricted reserves to be sufficient for the charity's ongoing operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £431k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£476k£478k
31/03/2024£443k£405k
31/03/2023£352k£354k
31/03/2022£315k£327k
31/03/2021£293k£281k

Common questions

Is WOODEN TOPS DAY NURSERY LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit for the year ended 30 March 2025, primarily due to reinvestment in facilities and increased wage costs without commensurate income rises. Despite this, the trustees consider the current level of unrestricted reserves to be sufficient for the charity's ongoing operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED1£50k
CHASDEI MEIR1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Little Oaks Nursery Leeds Ltd.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOODEN TOPS DAY NURSERY LTD£476k—0within—no doubt
Little Oaks Nursery Leeds Ltd FY2025£769k—0unclear—noted
THE OAKS NURSERY FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
TYWARDREATH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£113k—0above—no doubt
ST JOHN FISHER PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE FIRS DAY NURSERY FY2025£735k—0unclear—no doubt

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