WILLOW TREE PRE-SCHOOL (MILTON KEYNES)

Registered charity 1130575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Willow Tree Pre-School is a small and friendly setting providing the highest quality care and education for children aged 2-4 years. Based within the Primary School site in the village of Deanshanger, S Northamptonshire. We pride ourselves on creating a learning environment that is attractive and stimulating offering each individual child the opportunities to learn, develop and grow.

Objects

2.1 THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE 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, LOCAL

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
£214k
Latest spending
£168k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that reserves are maintained as security for potential closure and staff redundancy. The filing includes a Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet for the year ended 31 August 2025, prepared by a chartered management accountant, but does not disclose specific financial figures or unrestricted reserves in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: security in the event of the charity closing
“Reserves are held as a security in the event of the charity closing. These reserves will serve to provide redundancy payments for staff members.” — page 6
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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£214k£168k
31/08/2024£126k£127k
31/08/2023£109k£128k
31/08/2022£44k£47k
31/08/2021£118k£121k

Common questions

Is WILLOW TREE PRE-SCHOOL (MILTON KEYNES) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that reserves are maintained as security for potential closure and staff redundancy. The filing includes a Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet for the year ended 31 August 2025, prepared by a chartered management accountant, but does not disclose specific financial figures or unrestricted reserves in the provided text.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WILLOW TREE PRE-SCHOOL (MILTON KEYNES)£214k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE WILLOWS PRE-SCHOOL FY2024£139k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WILLOWS PRE-SCHOOL, NORTH BRADLEY FY2025£165k—0below45.2%no doubt
WILLOW BANK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£198k——unclear—no doubt
TREETOPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£248k—0unclear—no doubt
FYLINGDALES PLAYGROUP FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt

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