GARRAS OWLETS PRE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1124305 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide Pre-School Education for children between 2 years and 4.5 years

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, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, 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 IN THE LOCAL AREAS;C INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, CORNWALL.

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
£110k
Latest spending
£82k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held reserves of £2,500 at the end of the period, noting that this reserve is necessary to support low earning periods due to cyclical attendance. The charity remains financially viable through firm control over staff ratios, non-funded payments, continuous fundraising, and the primary school providing premises and utilities free of charge.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a financial reserve to support the low earning period (held: £3k)
“Iti s necessary to have a financial reserve to support the low earning period.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The primary school provides the premises and utilities free of charge.
“The primary school providing the premises and utilities free of charge.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£110k£82k
31/08/2024£86k£68k
31/08/2023£63k£52k
31/08/2022£60k£48k
31/08/2021£48k£48k

Common questions

Is GARRAS OWLETS PRE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held reserves of £2,500 at the end of the period, noting that this reserve is necessary to support low earning periods due to cyclical attendance. The charity remains financially viable through firm control over staff ratios, non-funded payments, continuous fundraising, and the primary school providing premises and utilities free of charge.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2008£8kGarras Owlets Pre-School Equipment

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GARRAS OWLETS PRE SCHOOL£110k—0above—no doubt
SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£290k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£222kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£188k—0above—no doubt
BOLEY PARK PRE SCHOOL FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt

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