CHUDLEIGH KNIGHTON PRE SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 1135623 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity offers play, education and care facilities and works closely with the local community and other education facilities, such as, Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School, to promote the needs and education of pre-school children. This provides a benefit to the community by providing educational and play facilities to children living in or around Chudleigh Knighton

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILYUNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY:4.1.1 OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING ANDEXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FORAND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPSOFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS ORABILITY;4.1.2 ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ANDPROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS; AND4.1.3 INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOLLEARNING 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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Registered contact address: Teignbridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£121k

Latest spending

£105k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £65,151, which exceeds its stated policy target of retaining a minimum of £25,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of £25,000 in designated reserves (reserves figure: £65k)

“It is the policy of the Charity to retain a minimum of £25,000 in designated reserves, which is expendable, to deal with items of unusual expenditure such as redundancy payments (should they be relevant) and repairs to the building.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees provide services voluntarily; no honoraria, emoluments or expenses received.

“The Trustees provide their Trustee services to the Charity on a purely voluntary basis. No members of the Pre-School's trustees have received honoraria, emoluments or expenses from the Charity in the year.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

Ofsted — Chudleigh Knighton Pre-School: Good · Ofsted

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 5

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

Volunteers: 4

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07162177 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chudleigh Knighton Pre-School (matched by registered charity number).

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.

VINEY, Joanne Ellen Samantha — director, appointed 08/12/2014on trustee list
ANDREWS, Victoria Margaret — director, appointed 08/04/2014on trustee list
LACEY, Sally Kate Elizabeth — director, appointed 08/04/2013on trustee list
ANDREWS, Victoria Margaret — secretary, appointed 08/05/2014

Official officers record.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/11/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sally Laceychair
Joanne Viney
Victoria Andrews

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£121k	£105k
31/08/2024	£104k	£98k
31/08/2023	£73k	£78k
31/08/2022	£94k	£84k
31/08/2021	£72k	£80k

Common questions

Is CHUDLEIGH KNIGHTON PRE SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £65,151, which exceeds its stated policy target of retaining a minimum of £25,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

RIPLEY PRE-SCHOOL income £91k
HADDENHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £134k
DINNINGTON PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED income £234k
BIRLEY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £232k
PRE-SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL AT WHALTON SCHOOL income £121k
CROWLE PRE-SCHOOL income £139k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHUDLEIGH KNIGHTON PRE SCHOOL LIMITED	£121k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RIPLEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£91k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HADDENHAM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£134k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DINNINGTON PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED FY2026	£234k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BIRLEY COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£232k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PRE-SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL AT WHALTON SCHOOL FY2025	£121k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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