SOWOOD PRE-SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1166047 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide quality Early Years Education and childcare for 2 to 5 year olds

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Latest income

£110k

Latest spending

£104k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves at the year end were £73,930, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of 3-6 months' running costs (£35k-£52k). The net receipts for the year were £6,071, resulting in a total fund balance carried forward of £96,692.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3-6 months running costs (held: £74k)

“The policy states that a contingency fund or reserve should be held to cover any eventualities that could arise within the setting. The appropriate level was set at 3-6 months running costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Malcolm Graham Jameschair
Amanda Deborah Jackson
Elizabeth Whyte · trustee of 1 other charity
Malcolm John Moat Gardner
Michael Frank Greaves

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£110k	£104k
31/08/2024	£127k	£96k
31/08/2023	£99k	£78k
31/08/2022	£77k	£96k
31/08/2021	£91k	£93k

Common questions

Is SOWOOD PRE-SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves at the year end were £73,930, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of 3-6 months' running costs (£35k-£52k). The net receipts for the year were £6,071, resulting in a total fund balance carried forward of £96,692. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.