DUNKESWELL PRE-SCHOOL CIO

Registered charity 1179461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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 HO

Objects

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£96k

Latest spending

£91k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,678 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £96,191 and expenditure of £90,513. The trustees confirm that the charity holds total cash funds of £75,369, which exceeds their estimated closure cost reserves policy of approximately £40,000. Consequently, the trustees consider the charity to have healthy reserves and be a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Government Grants (82% of income)

“Devon County Council Grant Funding totalled £78,914” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately £40,000 (reserves figure: £75k)

“The charity has estimated that, in the event of a closure, the necessary redundancy and unavoidable running expenses would equate to approximately £40,000 which forms the Charity’s reserves policy.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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Ofsted — Dunkeswell Pre-school CIO: 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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dunkeswell preschool cio (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Laurence Quinn
Lisa Gorman · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£96k	£91k
31/07/2024	£87k	£89k
31/07/2023	£83k	£80k
31/07/2022	£78k	£89k
31/07/2021	£86k	£57k

Common questions

Is DUNKESWELL PRE-SCHOOL CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,678 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £96,191 and expenditure of £90,513. The trustees confirm that the charity holds total cash funds of £75,369, which exceeds their estimated closure cost reserves policy of approximately £40,000. Consequently, the trustees consider the charity to have healthy reserves and be a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/02/2008	£8k	Play Area

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DWYLO BACH PRESCHOOL.

DWYLO BACH PRESCHOOL income £123k
HARPOLE PRE-SCHOOL income £290k
DINNINGTON PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED income £234k
DUCKLINGS PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING CENTRE income £371k
RUNWELL VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL income £141k
ALRESFORD PRE-SCHOOL income £125k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DUNKESWELL PRE-SCHOOL CIO	£96k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
DWYLO BACH PRESCHOOL FY2025	£123k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HARPOLE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£290k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
DINNINGTON PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED FY2026	£234k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DUCKLINGS PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING CENTRE FY2025	£371k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RUNWELL VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£141k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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