BURPHAM PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 1190881 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide education for, and promote the development of children, primarily under statutory school age, including by:(1) providing a range of educational and play activities;(2) promoting their health and wellbeing, including their emotional, social, spiritual and mental wellbeing ;(3) promoting their care and safety;(4) promoting partnership with their parents and/or carers.

Objects

TO PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR, AND PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE, INCLUDING BY: (1) PROVIDING A RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL AND PLAY ACTIVITIES; (2) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING, INCLUDING THEIR EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING; (3) PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY; (4) PROMOTING PARTNERSHIP WITH THEIR PARENTS AND/OR CARERS.

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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Latest income

£112k

Latest spending

£106k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position was strained due to lower-than-expected income from reduced child numbers, though this was offset by a one-off grant and cost savings. The unrestricted fund ended the year with a surplus of £6,247, bringing the total unrestricted reserves to £75,619. The trustees' report notes that the reserves policy aims to hold sufficient funds to retain staff for approximately three months in the event of closure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £76k)

“The aim of the reserves policy is to keep sufficient money available to retain staff for about three months in the event of a temporary/permanent closure.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“This year, the Preschool finances have been more difficult than the end-of-year accounts might suggest. The difficulty was primarily caused by having relatively few children from September 2024, which meant that our regular income was significantly lower than we were expecting.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Carol Lowrieschair
Claire Pocock
David Agg
Jennifer Scholes
Rev James Hanson

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£112k	£106k
31/03/2024	£110k	£117k
31/03/2023	£114k	£97k
31/03/2022	£71k	£85k
31/03/2021	£117k	£43k

Common questions

Is BURPHAM PRESCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position was strained due to lower-than-expected income from reduced child numbers, though this was offset by a one-off grant and cost savings. The unrestricted fund ended the year with a surplus of £6,247, bringing the total unrestricted reserves to £75,619. The trustees' report notes that the reserves policy aims to hold sufficient funds to retain staff for approximately three months in the event of closure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
LOUIS BAYLIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500

Charities like this

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

BOVINGDON PRE-SCHOOL income £95k
HADDENHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £134k
BRIARY PRE-SCHOOL income £281k
ADDINGHAM PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £160k
CROWLE PRE-SCHOOL income £139k
BEEHIVE PRESCHOOL income £82k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BURPHAM PRESCHOOL	£112k	—	unclear	—	noted
BOVINGDON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£95k	—	above	—	no doubt
HADDENHAM PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIARY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£281k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ADDINGHAM PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£160k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CROWLE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£139k	—	below	—	no doubt

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