CHURCHSTOKE LITTLE EXPLORERS

Registered charity 1188877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Churchstoke Little Explorers is a Pre School Playgroup. We run five days a week and also run a weekly Parent and Toddler group and an After School Club.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO 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: Powys, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£101k

Latest spending

£106k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £4,705 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £8,731 from £13,436 the previous year. The trustees' report notes that all reserves are currently unrestricted free reserves, with a stated aim to build reserves sufficient to cover six months of operating costs. Per the balance sheet, the charity holds £6,843 in net current assets against £2,847 in current creditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of operating costs (reserves figure: £9k)

“Our aim is to build up reserves sufficient to cover 6 months operating costs.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees paid fees for their children attending the nursery.

“Fees amounting to £4,767 were paid by 4 trustees in relation to 7 children in the year. (2024: £3,823)” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW); Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales. 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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media 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: £62,895 — grants £62,895 (8); 62% of the £100,910 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Government income: £36,981 — grants £36,981 (2); 46% of the £81,020 total gross income on the same return

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

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £42,938 — grants £42,938 (16); 56% of the £77,232 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALISON CLARK
KATIE THOMAS
Rachel Louise Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
Rebecca Jane Sherriff
VASILICA IOVU

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

Operates in: Powys

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£101k	£106k
31/08/2024	£81k	£83k
31/08/2023	£77k	£76k
31/08/2022	£61k	£62k
31/08/2021	£0	£0

Common questions

Is CHURCHSTOKE LITTLE EXPLORERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £4,705 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £8,731 from £13,436 the previous year. The trustees' report notes that all reserves are currently unrestricted free reserves, with a stated aim to build reserves sufficient to cover six months of operating costs. Per the balance sheet, the charity holds £6,843 in net current assets against £2,847 in current creditors. 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	27/06/2022	£3k	Churchstoke Tea and Tots

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PRIDDY FOLK FESTIVAL	1	£27k
CORFE CASTLE CHARITY	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Little Explorers Pre-School.

Little Explorers Pre-School income £128k
SPARROWS PLAYGROUP income £13k
NAUNTON PARK PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £91k
HORSENDALE PLAYGROUP income £171k
LITTLE EXPLORERS @ PAVILION income £79k
FLEETVILLE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP income £109k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHURCHSTOKE LITTLE EXPLORERS	£101k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Little Explorers Pre-School FY2026	£128k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SPARROWS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£13k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NAUNTON PARK PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£91k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HORSENDALE PLAYGROUP FY2025	£171k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE EXPLORERS @ PAVILION FY2025	£79k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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