ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD

Registered charity 1103900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

to provide high quality affordable childcare and education within the community.

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, 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 RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;(C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRCATICE STAFFORD

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

£400k

Latest spending

£370k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £63,666 from £33,627 in the prior year, resulting in a net income surplus of £30,039. However, the trustees' report notes that the group is heavily reliant on fundraising and grants, warning that if these are not forthcoming, it may result in nursery closure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: One trustee was paid £1,000 for bookkeeping services; three trustees were paid salary in respect of their roles as employees, totaling £72,133.

“During the year one trustee was paid for bookkeeping services to the charity of £1,000 (2024: £1,000)and three trustees (2024: three trustees) were paid salary in respect of their roles as employees.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04810437

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.

TOMLINSON, Ellie — director, appointed 14/11/2025on trustee list
EXTON, John Peter — director, appointed 21/03/2024not on trustee list
ROGERS, Stella — director, appointed 20/06/2022not on trustee list
MALONEY, Sarah Ann — director, appointed 26/04/2021not on trustee list
DAWSON, Marie Ann — director, appointed 30/04/2019on trustee list
INGHAM, Mavis Joyce — director, appointed 05/04/2016on trustee list
JACKSON, Hannah Jane — director, appointed 04/04/2016on trustee list
EXTON, Julia Helen — director, appointed 15/02/2016on trustee list
TOMLINSON, Rebecca Jane — director, appointed 19/10/2012not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (06/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (06/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

BECKIE TOMLINSONchair
Ellie Louise Tomlinson
HANNAH JANE JACKSON
JULIA HELEN EXTON
MAVIS INGHAM
Marie Dawson

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£400k	£370k
31/03/2024	£282k	£342k
31/03/2023	£254k	£293k
31/03/2022	£276k	£317k
31/03/2021	£260k	£303k

Common questions

Is ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £63,666 from £33,627 in the prior year, resulting in a net income surplus of £30,039. However, the trustees' report notes that the group is heavily reliant on fundraising and grants, warning that if these are not forthcoming, it may result in nursery closure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST PETER AND ST PAUL PRE SCHOOL.

ST PETER AND ST PAUL PRE SCHOOL income £152k
THE ST MARY'S AND ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL income £255k
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k
ST NICHOLAS PLAYGROUP income £134k
ST ANDREWS WITH ST PETERS PRE-SCHOOL income £120k
OUR LADY'S FIRST STEPS PRE-SCHOOL income £817k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL (STAFFORD) LTD	£400k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST PETER AND ST PAUL PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£152k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ST MARY'S AND ST PETER'S PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£255k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES FY2025	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST NICHOLAS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST ANDREWS WITH ST PETERS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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