RISING FIVES PRE-SCHOOL GROUP

Registered charity 270065 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RISING FIVES PLAYGROUP

pre school education of children aged 2 years to school age

Objects

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

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE WHITCHURCH AND SURROUNDS

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: Basingstoke and Deane, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£164k

Latest spending

£152k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £113,052.95 at the end of the financial year. The trustees note that a recent building survey indicated major expenditure is required to maintain the building's integrity, and the reserves policy targets holding three months of running costs plus redundancy liabilities.

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: £113k)

“a reserve to cover 3 months running costs and potential staff redundancies is being held” — page 8

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Volunteer management

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Hack
Hannah Venning
Olivia Reeves
Sophie Anderson

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£164k	£152k
31/08/2024	£163k	£138k
31/08/2023	£120k	£121k
31/08/2022	£107k	£99k
31/08/2021	£91k	£95k

Common questions

Is RISING FIVES PRE-SCHOOL GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £113,052.95 at the end of the financial year. The trustees note that a recent building survey indicated major expenditure is required to maintain the building's integrity, and the reserves policy targets holding three months of running costs plus redundancy liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

RIDINGS PRE-SCHOOL income £102k
RUPERTS UNDER FIVES income £108k
ROSLISTON UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL income £55k
CRESCENT UNDER FIVES income £172k
REEPHAM PRE SCHOOL income £102k
RUNNYMEDE PRE-SCHOOL income £221k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RISING FIVES PRE-SCHOOL GROUP	£164k	—	above	—	no doubt
RIDINGS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RUPERTS UNDER FIVES FY2025	£108k	—	above	—	no doubt
ROSLISTON UNDER FIVES PRE-SCHOOL FY2024	£55k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CRESCENT UNDER FIVES FY2025	£172k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REEPHAM PRE SCHOOL FY2025	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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