CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1105516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre-School Child Care and Education

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 PRACTICE CHARNOCK RICHARD

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
£165k
Latest spending
£148k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £31,723, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees attribute this shortfall to required staffing level costs and hope to revert reserves to a higher level in the current accounting year. The charity reported a net profit of £17,073 for the year and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £32k; policy: three months' expenditure)
“At year end the level was around 2.5 months expenses due to required staffing level costs.”
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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Charnock Richard Pre-School (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£165k£148k
31/08/2024£133k£128k
31/08/2023£110k£122k
31/08/2022£101k£124k
31/08/2021£140k£139k

Common questions

Is CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £31,723, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees attribute this shortfall to required staffing level costs and hope to revert reserves to a higher level in the current accounting year. The charity reported a net profit of £17,073 for the year and confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. 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
THE TUDWICK FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL£165k—0below—no doubt
MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£217k—0above—material uncertainty
CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt
CHALDON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHESTERFORDS COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
St Richard's CE Preschool FY2025£113k—0below—no doubt

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