TESTON & WATERINGBURY PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1162154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TESTON & WATERINGBURY NURSERY GROUP

Provides the development & education of children in a preschool setting

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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Registered contact address: Maidstone, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£122k

Latest spending

£112k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £9,923 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds increasing to £35,952. The accounts state that all expenditure is directly attributable to the charity’s objectives, and the charity qualifies as small, having taken exemption from producing a cash flow statement.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

Ofsted — Teston & Wateringbury Preschool: Good · Ofsted

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
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Government income: £96,837 — contracts £95,954 (1), grants £883 (1); 79% of the £122,065 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £79,691 — contracts £78,667 (1), grants £1,024 (1); 71% of the £113,002 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £63,639 — contracts £62,798 (1), grants £841 (1); 62% of the £103,147 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 08/07/2024, 8 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/10/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CAROLINE SMEDLEYchair
ANDREW DRIVER
Adele Solomides
Tina Driver

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£122k	£112k
31/08/2024	£113k	£108k
31/08/2023	£103k	£98k
31/08/2022	£102k	£99k
31/08/2021	£95k	£95k

Common questions

Is TESTON & WATERINGBURY PRESCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £9,923 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds increasing to £35,952. The accounts state that all expenditure is directly attributable to the charity’s objectives, and the charity qualifies as small, having taken exemption from producing a cash flow statement. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

TISBURY PRE-SCHOOL income £100k
Wymeswold Preschool income £92k
ASTON-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL income £287k
PEACHCROFT PRE-SCHOOL income £206k
Escrick Pre-School income £89k
BEETLEY AND DISTRICT PRE-SCHOOL income £153k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TESTON & WATERINGBURY PRESCHOOL	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TISBURY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£100k	—	above	—	no doubt
Wymeswold Preschool FY2025	£92k	—	above	22.3%	no doubt
ASTON-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£287k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PEACHCROFT PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£206k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Escrick Pre-School FY2025	£89k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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