WHITLEY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1118099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHITLAY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY

Whitley Community Pre-school offers ten three hourly sessions of pre-school childcare per week for 38 weeks per year.

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: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 WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;2. ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS;3. INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE CHESHIRE

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
£66k
Latest spending
£61k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £41,308, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover salaries and running costs if the pre-school were to close temporarily. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £2,394 for the year, with total incoming resources of £65,627 and resources expended of £63,392.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to cover the salaries of employees and the running costs of the chanty, should the pre-school be forced to close temporarily, or if the charity was to cease Operations (held: £41k)
“The charity has a policy of maintaining sufficient reserves to cover the salaries of employees and the running costs of the chanty, should the pre-school be forced to close temporarily, or if the charity was to cease Operations.” — 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: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£66k£61k
31/03/2024£63k£61k
31/03/2023£58k£55k
31/03/2022£54k£56k
31/03/2021£63k£60k

Common questions

Is WHITLEY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £41,308, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover salaries and running costs if the pre-school were to close temporarily. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £2,394 for the year, with total incoming resources of £65,627 and resources expended of £63,392. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2013£10kPre-School Community Engagement Project