ROXWELL PRE-SCHOOL LTD

Registered charity 1181652 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, encouragement and involvement of parents. Providing early years childcare in accordance with the National standards and OFSTED guidelines to meet the needs of children through play.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY:(A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS;(C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS 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: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£81k

Latest spending

£70k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £68,949 at the end of the year, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining sufficient reserves to cover three months of running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £10,753 for the period, having generated £80,639 in total income against £69,886 in expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Funding from Essex County Council (81% of income)

“Funding from Essex County Council 65,286”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £69k)

“To maintain sufficient reserves to cover the charity’s running costs for three months.” — 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.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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

Ofsted — Roxwell Pre-school: Good · Ofsted

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

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £65,286 — grants £65,286 (7); 81% of the £80,639 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £56,804 — grants £56,804 (6); 72% of the £78,613 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Government income: £44,386 — grants £44,386 (5); 72% of the £61,533 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07880637

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Roxwell Pre-School Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

FLAXMAN, Emma — director, appointed 18/08/2025not on trustee list
SIMONS, Lindsay — director, appointed 31/05/2024on trustee list
HECTOR, Yasmin — director, appointed 16/02/2022on trustee list
LITTLE, April Jane — director, appointed 13/12/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

April Little
Derek Woolf
Katherine Johnson
Kathleen Lake
Lindsay Simons
Louise Sexty
Nicola Kitteridge
Yasmin Hector

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£81k	£70k
31/12/2024	£79k	£62k
31/12/2023	£62k	£66k
31/12/2022	£50k	£55k
31/12/2021	£51k	£53k

Common questions

Is ROXWELL PRE-SCHOOL LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £68,949 at the end of the year, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining sufficient reserves to cover three months of running costs. The charity reported a net income surplus of £10,753 for the period, having generated £80,639 in total income against £69,886 in expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

RUNWELL VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL income £141k
PADNELL PRE-SCHOOL income £219k
RATTLESDEN PRESCHOOL income £139k
WEAVERTHORPE PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE income £240k
ROCHE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £144k
BOVINGDON PRE-SCHOOL income £95k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROXWELL PRE-SCHOOL LTD	£81k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RUNWELL VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£141k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PADNELL PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£219k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RATTLESDEN PRESCHOOL FY2025	£139k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WEAVERTHORPE PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE FY2025	£240k	£33,095	1	above	—	no doubt
ROCHE PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£144k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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