PAINT POTS PRE-SCHOOL & NURSERY LIMITED

Registered charity 1210517 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is primarily involved in the delivery and advancement of early years education in its nurseries and preschools around Southampton and parts of Hampshire and support for those experiencing disadvantage in them. It has general aims to relieve poverty and need in individuals arising from their youth, age, infirmity, or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances.

Objects

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO:2.1.1 ADVANCE EDUCATION; AND/OR2.1.2 RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO RELIEVE NEED IN INDIVIDUALS ARISING FROM THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES; AND/OR2.1.3 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charitable company's affairs and have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. The independent auditor concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the company's ability to continue operations for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev Theresa Lesley Parkerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth McCarthy
• Jane Elizabeth Dyke · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Philip Lewis Krinks · trustee of 2 other charities
• Thomas Adam Ward · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Southampton City

Income and spending

Common questions

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

• POTTEN END PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £154k
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• LADYBIRDS PRE-SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON income £424k
• UPOTTERY PRE-SCHOOL CIO income £109k
• ST ANNE'S PRE-SCHOOL (CHINGFORD) income £142k
• SURE AND FIRM FOUNDATIONS income £869k

Side by side with its peers

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