HORN'S MILL PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1160740 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre-school education for 2- 5 year olds plus breakfast & afterschool club for 2-11 year olds.

Objects

THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS OBJECTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY:(1) PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;(2) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;(3) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;(4) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;(5) PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO; AND(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

£386k

Latest spending

£330k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated close to full capacity with income derived primarily from local authority funding and parent fees. While fees increased to counter rising employment costs, the charity also secured specific government grants and successfully appealed business rates to retain funds. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting four months of operational costs and note the need to monitor long-term financial impacts from funding trends.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Local Authority Funding

“LA funding ( known as Direct school Grant or DSG) Is remains the largest income source but has significantly declined again this year. Income from fees has increased again by a significant amount”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: four months operational costs

“Our policy is to hold sufficient reserves to : Ø cover four months operational costs or Ø enable us to meet unexpected expenditure or Ø enable us to absorb fluctuations in income due to varying attendances Ø respond to changes to local authority funding policy changes or”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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 expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Carla Railton · trustee of 1 other charity
John Lee
Rachel O'Malley
Sue Huntbach
Tabitha R Heathcote

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£386k	£330k
31/08/2024	£342k	£319k
31/08/2023	£278k	£271k
31/08/2022	£279k	£236k
31/08/2021	£245k	£231k

Common questions

Is HORN'S MILL PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated close to full capacity with income derived primarily from local authority funding and parent fees. While fees increased to counter rising employment costs, the charity also secured specific government grants and successfully appealed business rates to retain funds. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting four months of operational costs and note the need to monitor long-term financial impacts from funding trends.

Charities like this

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

UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £118k
ROMANBY PRESCHOOL income £275k
HEPWORTH PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB income £126k
ST JOSEPH'S PLAYGROUP, HERTFORD income £118k
SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £290k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HORN'S MILL PRE-SCHOOL	£386k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UGBOROUGH AND BITTAFORD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£118k	—	below	—	noted
ROMANBY PRESCHOOL FY2025	£275k	—	above	—	no doubt
HEPWORTH PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB FY2025	£126k	—	unclear	—	noted
ST JOSEPH'S PLAYGROUP, HERTFORD FY2025	£118k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£290k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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