CHARLBURY PRESCHOOL

Registered charity 273783 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARLBURY PLAYGROUP

PROVIDING EARLY YEARS/PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH PLAY IN A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT.

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are 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 and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Area of benefit: CHARLBURY

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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Latest income

£156k

Latest spending

£148k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £8,140.91 and total net assets of £32,110.76. Per the trustees' report, administrative costs rose to £147,684.49, driven largely by increased wages, while turnover from Early Years Funding decreased. The charity remains financially stable with sufficient cash reserves to meet its current liabilities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 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
Investing charity funds 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Jennifer Jean Celesia
Lucy Keating · trustee of 1 other charity
Melinda Lidia Botos
Piper Osborne
Stephanie Loretta Hammond

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£156k	£148k
31/12/2023	£150k	£126k
31/12/2022	£89k	£98k
31/12/2021	£76k	£97k
31/12/2020	£73k	£72k

Common questions

Is CHARLBURY PRESCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £8,140.91 and total net assets of £32,110.76. Per the trustees' report, administrative costs rose to £147,684.49, driven largely by increased wages, while turnover from Early Years Funding decreased. The charity remains financially stable with sufficient cash reserves to meet its current liabilities. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE income £175k
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
SPETISBURY AND CHARLTON MARSHALL PLAYGROUP income £198k
RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £190k
ANDOVER PRE SCHOOL LIMITED income £161k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARLBURY PRESCHOOL	£156k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE FY2025	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£188k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SPETISBURY AND CHARLTON MARSHALL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£198k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£190k	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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