JIGSAW - PRESCHOOL (WESTERN WARDS)

Registered charity 1127348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JIGSAW - PRESCHOOL

Provision of childcare and education to children aged 2 until entry to school, in the Locks Heath (Western Wards) area.

Objects

TO ESTABLISH AND RUN PRE-SCHOOL SITES PROVIDING PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION TO CHILDREN FROM 2 YEARS UNTIL ENTRY INTO PRIMARY SCHOOLTHE CHARITY WILL PROVIDE PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION IN THE LOCKS HEATH AREA.

Area of benefit: UK

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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Registered contact address: Fareham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£146k
Latest spending
£125k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £23,625 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £37,968. The trustees report that free cash reserves stood at £34,465, which is below their stated ideal target of £36,500. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £36,500 (reserves figure: £34k)
“The trustees consider that the ideal level of reserves that Jigsaw should aspire to is £36,500. This is approximately 1 academic term of expenditure or 33% of annual expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: J L Robinson received remuneration of £30,427 as operations manager.
“The following Trustee was employed as operations manager by the Charity during the year: Mrs J L Robinson remuneration £30,427 (2024 £28,802)” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee J L Robinson received remuneration as operations manager.
“The following Trustee was employed as operations manager by the Charity during the year: Mrs J L Robinson remuneration £30,427 (2024 £28,802)” — page 16
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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Government income: £6,413 — grants £6,413 (1); 4% of the £145,638 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £3,649 — grants £3,649 (1); 3% of the £121,843 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Government income: £5,040 — grants £5,040 (2); 3% of the £145,744 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 03/11/2024, 126 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£146k£125k
31/08/2024£122k£106k
31/08/2023£146k£157k
31/08/2022£147k£169k
31/08/2021£146k£170k

Common questions

Is JIGSAW - PRESCHOOL (WESTERN WARDS) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £23,625 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £37,968. The trustees report that free cash reserves stood at £34,465, which is below their stated ideal target of £36,500. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits. 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 Fund15/11/2012£7kAll Weather surface on the outside play area

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JIGSAW PRE-SCHOOL (SPROUGHTON).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JIGSAW - PRESCHOOL (WESTERN WARDS)£146k—0unclear—no doubt
JIGSAW PRE-SCHOOL (SPROUGHTON) FY2025£129k—0unclear—no doubt
JIGSAW PRESCHOOL FY2026£259k——unclear—no doubt
JIGSAW PRE SCHOOL (SPROUGHTON) FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GREENWOOD PRE-SCHOOL FY2024£151k—0unclear—no doubt
JIGSAW VISITORS CENTRE FY2025£303k—0unclear—no doubt

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