BROADMAYNE AND WEST KNIGHTON PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 292766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROADMAYNE AND WEST KNIGHTON PLAYGROUP

Pre School

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: BROADMAYNE AND WEST KINGHTON CIVIL PARISHES

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
£110k
Latest spending
£109k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £984 against total income of £110,004, with year-end cash reserves of £67,770. Per the treasurer's report, government funding no longer covers full staffing costs, creating a structural funding gap that threatens long-term sustainability if wage increases are not offset by income adjustments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Adele Russell. Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£110k£109k
31/07/2024£111k£103k
31/07/2023£96k£93k
31/07/2022£96k£90k
31/07/2021£96k£69k

Common questions

Is BROADMAYNE AND WEST KNIGHTON PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a small surplus of £984 against total income of £110,004, with year-end cash reserves of £67,770. Per the treasurer's report, government funding no longer covers full staffing costs, creating a structural funding gap that threatens long-term sustainability if wage increases are not offset by income adjustments. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Adele Russell.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Braunston Preschool CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BROADMAYNE AND WEST KNIGHTON PRE-SCHOOL£110k—0unclear—no doubt
Braunston Preschool CIO FY2025£162k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£222kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
CHUDLEIGH KNIGHTON PRE SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt
BROADBOTTOM PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
SCHORNE NURSERY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£158k—0unclear—noted

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