KENSAL GREEN UNDER FIVES GROUP

Registered charity 285210 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides full and part time daycare and education primarily to those from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, those on low incomes and single parents.Provides early years education training and mentoring.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THOSE CHILDREN FROM THE ASIAN, AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITES IN THE KENSAL GREEN AREA. B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE CARE AND UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN. C) TO PROMOTE THE BETTER CARE AND UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION.

Area of benefit: KENSAL GREEN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£229k
Latest spending
£203k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £25,937 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £86,609. The trustees report that the charity is committed to maintaining a minimum reserves level of £100,000, noting that current free reserves are below this stated policy target. The going concern basis is adopted with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £100,000 (held: £87k)
“The Trustees remain of the view that a minimum level of free reserves of £100,000, roughly equivalent to six months of core operating costs, should be maintained.”
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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kensal Green Under Fives (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£229k£203k
31/03/2024£209k£208k
31/03/2023£188k£172k
31/03/2022£178k£198k
31/03/2021£223k£209k

Common questions

Is KENSAL GREEN UNDER FIVES GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £25,937 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £86,609. The trustees report that the charity is committed to maintaining a minimum reserves level of £100,000, noting that current free reserves are below this stated policy target. The going concern basis is adopted with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KENSAL GREEN UNDER FIVES GROUP£229k—0unclear—no doubt
KESTREL UNDER FIVES PLAYGROUP FY2025£217k—0above—no doubt
BURROUGH GREEN PLAYGROUP FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
PEN GREEN CENTRE FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE LEARNERS NURSERY GROUP FY2025£3.9m—0unclear—no doubt

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