SUNSHINES PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1186294 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Set within a Primary School, we provide education and care for children aged 2 to 4 years old. We offer 5 morning sessions a week to Pre-School aged children, and three afternoon sessions a week to children 2 to 3 years old.

Objects

THE AIM OF THE CHILDCARE PROVIDER IS TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN WALES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEEDS THROUGH HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE PROVISION

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: Monmouthshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£83k

Latest spending

£80k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net deficit of £1,727.53 for the year, with total income of £96,753.35 and total expenditure of £98,480.88. The overall total balance decreased from £40,032.86 at the start of the year to £38,305.33 at the end. Salaries constituted the largest expenditure item at £69,865.74.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

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
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
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: £64,875 — contracts £61,643 (3), grants £3,232 (1); 78% of the £82,875 total gross income on the same return

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

Government income: £67,430 — contracts £60,152 (2), grants £7,278 (2); 75% of the £90,007 total gross income on the same return

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

Government income: £69,067 — contracts £59,817 (3), grants £9,250 (1); 91% of the £75,510 total gross income on the same return

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Charlotte Palmer
Dawn Marie Stanton
Hannah Louise Hopkinson
Roger Jones

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

Operates in: Monmouthshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£83k	£80k
31/08/2024	£90k	£86k
31/08/2023	£76k	£68k
31/08/2022	£57k	£67k
31/08/2021	£67k	£61k

Common questions

Is SUNSHINES PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a net deficit of £1,727.53 for the year, with total income of £96,753.35 and total expenditure of £98,480.88. The overall total balance decreased from £40,032.86 at the start of the year to £38,305.33 at the end. Salaries constituted the largest expenditure item at £69,865.74.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUNSHINE CHILDREN'S CENTRE.

SUNSHINE CHILDREN'S CENTRE income £784k
ST JOHN'S SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL income £103k
WEMBDON SUNSHINERS PRE SCHOOL income £271k
SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL GREAT GONERBY income £202k
SUNNYDAYS PRESCHOOL income £233k
ST GEORGE'S PRE SCHOOL income £129k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SUNSHINES PRE-SCHOOL	£83k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SUNSHINE CHILDREN'S CENTRE FY2025	£784k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST JOHN'S SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£103k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEMBDON SUNSHINERS PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£271k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUNSHINE PRE-SCHOOL GREAT GONERBY FY2025	£202k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SUNNYDAYS PRESCHOOL FY2025	£233k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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