FERNLEA COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1152336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FERNLEA PRESCHOOL

To develop and educate children primarily under statutory school age. Provide for their needs by offering appropriate play, education, and care facilities. Ensuring appropriate training courses. All parents have the right to become involved in the running of the group by means of a committee. We offer opportunities for all children regardless of race, culture, religion, means or ability.

Objects

4. OBJECTSThe charity works for the public benefit having as its objects the development and education of children and young people in particular by: 4.1 Promoting their care and safety. 4.2 Promoting their education and promoting parental involvement. 4.3 Promoting their health and wellbeing. 4.4 Providing services to support them and their families and carers. 4.5 Providing services to individuals holding membership of the Pre-school 4.6 Furthering the aims 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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Latest income
£347k
Latest spending
£254k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £81,732 for the year ended 31 August 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £241,193. The trustees' report confirms a policy to hold reserves covering three months of ordinary expenditure, a target which the current reserves exceed. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were non-compliant.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of ordinary expenditure (held: £241k)
“It is the charity's policy to hold reserves covering 3 months of ordinary expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: MJ Harris and MH Saunders received employment income totalling £40,501 and pension contributions of £404.
“Two trustees have been paid remuneration from employment with the charity. MJ Harris and MH Saunders received employment income totalling £40,501 (2024: £49,669). Company pension contributions were made on behalf these trustees of £404” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£347k£254k
31/08/2024£254k£258k
31/08/2023£239k£245k
31/08/2022£235k£265k
31/08/2021£237k£230k

Common questions

Is FERNLEA COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £81,732 for the year ended 31 August 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £241,193. The trustees' report confirms a policy to hold reserves covering three months of ordinary expenditure, a target which the current reserves exceed. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were non-compliant. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.