HOLCOMBE BROOK METHODIST PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1147111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a term time preschool offering childcare for children from age 2.5 years to statutory school age. We provide care and education within the framework of the Early Years Foundation Stage. We operate in Holcombe Brook Methodist Church & are managed by a voluntary mangement committee made up of church members and parents of children attending the preschool.

Objects

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.

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: Bury, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£117k

Latest spending

£116k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £25,876 at the end of the financial year, resulting in a surplus of £1,576. The trustees maintain a specific business reserve of £19,808 to cover unforeseen expenditures and statutory redundancy payments. The charity's primary income source is local authority Early Education Care funding, supplemented by parent fees and fundraising.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Local Authority Funding

“Our main source of funds is through the Early Education Care funding for 3 and 4 year olds which we claim from the local authority on behalf of parents of eligible children.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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.

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

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

Volunteers: 4
Government income: £91,130 — contracts £91,130 (1); 78% of the £117,275 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 4
Government income: £71,175 — contracts £71,175 (1); 80% of the £89,212 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 4
Government income: £51,870 — contracts £51,870 (1); 70% of the £74,144 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

John Roy Wilkinschair
Chloe Crocket
Claire Smith
Colin Andrew Suttie
HAZEL AUDREY BROOKES · trustee of 1 other charity
Louise Hetherington-Fogg
Lucy Jackson
Nicola McInerney

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

Operates in: Bury

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£117k	£116k
31/08/2024	£89k	£92k
31/08/2023	£74k	£87k
31/08/2022	£81k	£79k
31/08/2021	£77k	£74k

Common questions

Is HOLCOMBE BROOK METHODIST PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £25,876 at the end of the financial year, resulting in a surplus of £1,576. The trustees maintain a specific business reserve of £19,808 to cover unforeseen expenditures and statutory redundancy payments. The charity's primary income source is local authority Early Education Care funding, supplemented by parent fees and fundraising.

Charities like this

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

HOLBROOK COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £112k
HARROWBARROW AND METHERELL PRE-SCHOOL income £91k
HAWKESBURY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £59k
HOLBROOK PRE-SCHOOL income £246k
HOLYBOURNE VILLAGE PRE SCHOOL income £79k
THE HULLBRIDGE PRE-SCHOOL income £249k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOLCOMBE BROOK METHODIST PRE-SCHOOL	£117k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOLBROOK COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2026	£112k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HARROWBARROW AND METHERELL PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£91k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HAWKESBURY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£59k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOLBROOK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£246k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HOLYBOURNE VILLAGE PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£79k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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