MENSTON PRE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1164354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MPS

Menston Preschool provides learning through play opportunities for children between the ages of two and a half and four. The EYFS curriculum is followed.

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

£192k

Latest spending

£166k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains financially stable with unrestricted reserves of £185,554, though the trustees note persistent challenges due to the shortfall between government funding rates and actual delivery costs. The committee's policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to at least one term's operating costs, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least one term's operating costs (held: £186k)

“The committee's policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to at least one term's operating costs.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Emily Greenchair
Emily Newitt Emily Newitt
Ffion Hall
Jessica Christie
Joanne Jackson
Michael Peart
Michelle Harris
Thomas Edward Hebbron

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£192k	£166k
31/03/2024	£170k	£155k
31/03/2023	£151k	£132k
31/03/2022	£127k	£126k
31/03/2021	£130k	£114k

Common questions

Is MENSTON PRE SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains financially stable with unrestricted reserves of £185,554, though the trustees note persistent challenges due to the shortfall between government funding rates and actual delivery costs. The committee's policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to at least one term's operating costs, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

MOSTERTON PRE-SCHOOL income £176k
PRESTON BROOK PLAYGROUP income £180k
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES income £158k
MOULTON PRE-SCHOOL income £115k
MINSTER PLAYGROUP income £476k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MENSTON PRE SCHOOL	£192k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MOSTERTON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£176k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PRESTON BROOK PLAYGROUP FY2025	£180k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HERMITAGE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£113k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STANTON PARENTS AND UNDER FIVES FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MOULTON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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