CRESCENT UNDER FIVES

Registered charity 1104654 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Care and education of children up to and including the age of 5.

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 READING

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

£172k

Latest spending

£162k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £50,077, an increase from the previous year's £40,049. The charity reported an operating surplus of £10,028 against incoming resources of £172,374. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05088518

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.

JAMIL, Hena — director, appointed 31/03/2025on trustee list
HASSAN, Zohaib — director, appointed 21/04/2023on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Hena Jamilchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Zohaib Hassan

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£172k	£162k
31/08/2024	£150k	£149k
31/08/2023	£134k	£137k
31/08/2022	£131k	£121k
31/08/2021	£135k	£117k

Common questions

Is CRESCENT UNDER FIVES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £50,077, an increase from the previous year's £40,049. The charity reported an operating surplus of £10,028 against incoming resources of £172,374. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

RUPERTS UNDER FIVES income £108k
CRESCENT PLAYGROUP income £145k
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k
KESTREL UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP income £217k
BROUGHTON UNDER FIVES ASSOCIATION income £147k
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED income £6.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CRESCENT UNDER FIVES	£172k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RUPERTS UNDER FIVES FY2025	£108k	—	above	—	no doubt
CRESCENT PLAYGROUP FY2025	£145k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES FY2025	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KESTREL UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP FY2025	£217k	—	above	—	no doubt
BROUGHTON UNDER FIVES ASSOCIATION FY2025	£147k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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