Hanborough Meadows Preschool

Registered charity 289849 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONG HANBOROUGH PLAYGROUP

SECURE PLAY AREA FOR 2 TO 5 YEAR OLDS

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Latest income

£153k

Latest spending

£179k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a headline loss of £26,461 for the year ending 31 August 2025, primarily due to a £20,308 investment in a new garden office. Excluding this capital expenditure, the charity recorded an operational loss of £6,153, driven by rising staffing costs that outpaced income from fees and government funding. Total capital reserves decreased significantly from £56,086 to £29,625, with unrestricted current funds falling to £13,684.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (25/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Megan Lucy SAYERSchair
Kelly EVANS-BARRETT
Medlan Porter
chloe ricketts

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£153k	£179k
31/08/2024	£142k	£133k
31/08/2023	£102k	£105k
31/08/2022	£112k	£106k
31/08/2021	£106k	£99k

Common questions

Is Hanborough Meadows Preschool financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a headline loss of £26,461 for the year ending 31 August 2025, primarily due to a £20,308 investment in a new garden office. Excluding this capital expenditure, the charity recorded an operational loss of £6,153, driven by rising staffing costs that outpaced income from fees and government funding. Total capital reserves decreased significantly from £56,086 to £29,625, with unrestricted current funds falling to £13,684.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/06/2005	£5k	New portacabin and outdoor play area

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BLANCHMINSTER TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

HANBOROUGH PRE-SCHOOL income £174k
WANSTEAD PARK PRESCHOOL income £140k
THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE income £205k
HARRIETSHAM PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION income £122k
MEADOWLANDS PRE-SCHOOL income £182k
MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL income £100k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Hanborough Meadows Preschool	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HANBOROUGH PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£174k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WANSTEAD PARK PRESCHOOL FY2025	£140k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE FY2025	£205k	—	above	—	no doubt
HARRIETSHAM PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION FY2025	£122k	—	above	—	noted
MEADOWLANDS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£182k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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