OXTED PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 1199535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide early years education to children aged between 2-4 years helping with their development and preparing them for transition into school.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS

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: Tandridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£98k

Latest spending

£105k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £7,253, reducing its total capital employed from £62,543 to £55,291. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of at least two months of operating costs, and actual reserves of £55,291 were well above the stated target of £18,128. The charity received a GOOD Ofsted rating and increased its child register from sixteen to twenty during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 2 months operating costs (reserves figure: £55k)

“Oxted pre-school adopts a reserves policy of maintaining the equivalent of at least 2 months operating costs in reserves. As at 31 st August 2025 this equated to £18,128.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

Matched to this charity by name; verify provider identity on the regulator’s site.

Ofsted — Oxted Pre-school Playgroup: 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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £81,978 — grants £81,978 (9); 75% of the £109,067 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 (07/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Sophie Hawgoodchair
Ana Laura Bustos
Lozzie Emma Walker
Matthew Griffiths

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£98k	£105k
31/08/2024	£106k	£107k
31/08/2023	£109k	£94k

Common questions

Is OXTED PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £7,253, reducing its total capital employed from £62,543 to £55,291. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of at least two months of operating costs, and actual reserves of £55,291 were well above the stated target of £18,128. The charity received a GOOD Ofsted rating and increased its child register from sixteen to twenty during the year.

Charities like this

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

TYWARDREATH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £113k
ASCOT AND CRANBOURNE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £108k
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £104k
BROADBOTTOM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £101k
OLD STRATFORD PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £162k
OLDFIELD PARK PRE-SCHOOL income £193k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OXTED PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP	£98k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TYWARDREATH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£113k	—	above	—	no doubt
ASCOT AND CRANBOURNE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	above	188.9%	no doubt
BROADBOTTOM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OLD STRATFORD PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£162k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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