THE ALDERSHOT GARRISON PRE-SCHOOL SETTINGS

Registered charity 1146542 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision and support to non publicly funded day care and early years education for children of under 5 years of age, of serving members of HM Forces, based in Aldershot, and qualifying civilian staff employed in support of Aldershot Garrison service personnel. Provision of Breakfast and After School Club for children of primary school age.

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Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £116,052 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £877,965. The trustees report that reserves are above their stated policy target of approximately £300,000, noting that the surplus is being used to fund future cost increases. The charity operates with minimal administration and premises costs due to a free-use agreement with Aldershot Garrison.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Local authority Early Years Education Grants (58% of income)

“Local authority Early Years Education Grants account for 58% (2023: 58%) of all pre-school income.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £878k)

“The trustees' reserve policy is to have a level of reserves, equating to at least 3 months average operating costs. Based on these financial statements, this is approximately £300,000.” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Butt Miller. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2023) → no going-concern doubt (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Aldershot Garrison Pre-Schools (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Julie Mounfield — Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.4m

Cost of raising funds

£4k

Reserves (reported)

£1.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/09/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (18/09/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Darren Nicholl
David Betts
Geraldine Patricia Bell
Kay Bayliss
Sarah Stephenson

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.6m	£1.4m
31/08/2024	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/08/2023	£1.3m	£1.1m
31/08/2022	£1.0m	£962k
31/08/2021	£815k	£922k

Common questions

Is THE ALDERSHOT GARRISON PRE-SCHOOL SETTINGS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £116,052 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £877,965. The trustees report that reserves are above their stated policy target of approximately £300,000, noting that the surplus is being used to fund future cost increases. The charity operates with minimal administration and premises costs due to a free-use agreement with Aldershot Garrison. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Butt Miller.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	25/03/2025	£24k	Armed Forces Families Fund (AF3) 24/25
UK government	28/02/2024	£33k	ARMED FORCES FAMILY FUND

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-School.

Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-School income £137k
ROMANBY PRESCHOOL income £275k
TNB GARRISON EARLY YEARS AND PLAY income £3.5m
CHALDON PRE-SCHOOL income £186k
HORN'S MILL PRE-SCHOOL income £386k
GARRAS OWLETS PRE SCHOOL income £110k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ALDERSHOT GARRISON PRE-SCHOOL SETTINGS	£1.6m	—	above	—	no doubt
Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-School FY2025	£137k	—	above	—	no doubt
ROMANBY PRESCHOOL FY2025	£275k	—	above	—	no doubt
TNB GARRISON EARLY YEARS AND PLAY FY2025	£3.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHALDON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HORN'S MILL PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£386k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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