BUSY BEES PRESCHOOL (AT SOUTHWICK METHODIST CHURCH)

Registered charity 1198933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Church based pre school, authorised and inspected by Ofsted. Provision of activities across all seven areas of learning from within the Early Years Framework (EYFS), both indoors and in the garden.

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Latest income
£171k
Latest spending
£148k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £23,330 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a surplus of £18,922 in the previous year. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, supported by unrestricted reserves of £40,959 which exceed the stated policy target of three months' gross payroll costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months gross payroll costs (held: £41k)
The reserves policy of Busy Bees continues to be an amount equivalent to at least three months gross payroll costs — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£171k£148k
31/08/2024£142k£123k
31/08/2023£91k£102k

Common questions

Is BUSY BEES PRESCHOOL (AT SOUTHWICK METHODIST CHURCH) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of income over expenditure of £23,330 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a surplus of £18,922 in the previous year. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, supported by unrestricted reserves of £40,959 which exceed the stated policy target of three months' gross payroll costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.