NORTH LEIGH PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1194366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre-schoolWe provide five morning and afternoon sessions per week to enhance the development of and education of children under statutory school age in a parent involving community-based pre-school group.

Objects

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 HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO; AND(6) FURTHERING THE AIMS 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: West Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£141k

Latest spending

£138k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £2,912 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £140,598 against expenditure of £137,686. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves held at the end of the period were £31,496, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £20,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months’ salary costs of approximately £20,000 (reserves figure: £31k)

“The trustees’ aim is to maintain reserves at a level equivalent to three months’ salary costs of approximately £20,000.” — 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 — North Leigh Pre-school: 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
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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £89,658 — grants £89,658 (12); 64% of the £140,598 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 6
Government income: £80,926 — grants £80,926 (12); 63% of the £127,972 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Government income: £71,575 — grants £71,575 (13); 69% of the £103,466 total gross income on the same return

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

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Joseph Brazierchair
Kayleigh Franklin
Marta Krupinska
Rebecca Smallman
Stephanie Hardingham

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£141k	£138k
31/03/2024	£128k	£119k
31/03/2023	£103k	£105k
31/03/2022	£74k	£53k

Common questions

Is NORTH LEIGH PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £2,912 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £140,598 against expenditure of £137,686. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves held at the end of the period were £31,496, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £20,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable requirements. 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	30/03/2006	£5k	Outside play area

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
NEWTON LONGVILLE PRE-SCHOOL income £218k
LYDLYNCH PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED income £254k
NORTHERN PRE SCHOOL income £204k
FETCHAM VILLAGE PRE SCHOOL income £210k
FERNLEA COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL income £347k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTH LEIGH PRE-SCHOOL	£141k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RUNWELL VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£141k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWTON LONGVILLE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£218k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LYDLYNCH PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£254k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHERN PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£204k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FETCHAM VILLAGE PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£210k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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