STICKY FINGERS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1102202 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre- School Education for children between 2.5 and 4 years old and Out of School Club and Holiday Club for children of 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 COPLEY, HALIFAX

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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Registered contact address: Calderdale, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£190k

Latest spending

£194k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended August 2025 was £190,265, which is lower than the previous year due to a drop in attendance. Total expenditure was £193,834, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £72,542, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (reserves figure: £73k)

“Sticky Fingers policy is to hold a reserve of 3 months its operating 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.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

Ofsted — Sticky Fingers Pre-School: Good · Ofsted

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04911327 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

CHILCOTT, Andrea — director, appointed 30/06/2025on trustee list
MILWARD, Donna — director, appointed 25/01/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrea Chilcottchair
Donna Milward
Gemma White

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£190k	£194k
31/08/2024	£200k	£201k
31/08/2023	£215k	£193k
31/08/2022	£180k	£187k
31/08/2021	£168k	£170k

Common questions

Is STICKY FINGERS PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year ended August 2025 was £190,265, which is lower than the previous year due to a drop in attendance. Total expenditure was £193,834, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £72,542, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	23/06/2006	£3k	All Weather Canopy

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STICKY FINGERS PRE-SCHOOL TEMPLECOMBE.

STICKY FINGERS PRE-SCHOOL TEMPLECOMBE income £147k
STITHIANS PRESCHOOL income £138k
STEADY STEPS PRE-SCHOOL income £391k
STANWAY PRE-SCHOOL income £376k
ST GEORGE'S PRE SCHOOL income £129k
STICKY FISH PRE-SCHOOL income £157k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STICKY FINGERS PRE-SCHOOL	£190k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STICKY FINGERS PRE-SCHOOL TEMPLECOMBE FY2025	£147k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STITHIANS PRESCHOOL FY2025	£138k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STEADY STEPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£391k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STANWAY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£376k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST GEORGE'S PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£129k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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