THE CRESCENT PRE SCHOOL NURSERY LTD

Registered charity 1136237 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre school provision in a Children's Centtre

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income
£662k
Latest spending
£500k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £277,547, which the trustees explicitly note is not within their stated policy target of three to six months of operating costs. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £162,269 for the year, driven by increased council funding and parent fees, while wages remained the largest expenditure at £364,474.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £278k; policy: three and six months of general (unrestricted) operating costs)
“The free reserves at the year end were £224,571 (2024: £111,228) are not within the above policy.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£662k
Total spending
£500k
Reserves (reported)
£225k
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Stoke-on-trent City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£662k£500k
31/08/2024£447k£372k
31/08/2023£314k£327k
31/08/2022£292k£295k
31/08/2021£267k£306k

Common questions

Is THE CRESCENT PRE SCHOOL NURSERY LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £277,547, which the trustees explicitly note is not within their stated policy target of three to six months of operating costs. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £162,269 for the year, driven by increased council funding and parent fees, while wages remained the largest expenditure at £364,474. 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 Fund28/09/2018£10kEarly Years Creativity Area