KILNSEA PLAYGROUP

Registered charity 295940 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KILNSEA PRE-SCHOOL

We are a Pre-School, providing early years education in a safe, play-friendly environment for 2 - 5 year olds. We follow the Department for Education's Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage and are funded by the Early Years Free Entitlement. We are run by a voluntary committee.

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: LOWER EARLEY

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

£160k

Latest spending

£144k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Kilnsea Pre-School achieved a net surplus of £15,653.26 for the year ending August 2025, following three consecutive years of underspending. Total income increased by 5.42% to £159,842.52, driven largely by increased Early Years' funding, while total expenditure rose by 17.78% to £144,189.26. The trustees describe the organization as being in a strong financial position, though they note that finances will need to be monitored carefully in the coming year due to economic changes and planned capital costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/05/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Adam Rowland
Emma Rowland
Jennifer Ann Scott

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

Operates in: Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£160k	£144k
31/08/2024	£152k	£122k
31/08/2023	£121k	£96k
31/08/2022	£81k	£106k
31/08/2021	£94k	£101k

Common questions

Is KILNSEA PLAYGROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Kilnsea Pre-School achieved a net surplus of £15,653.26 for the year ending August 2025, following three consecutive years of underspending. Total income increased by 5.42% to £159,842.52, driven largely by increased Early Years' funding, while total expenditure rose by 17.78% to £144,189.26. The trustees describe the organization as being in a strong financial position, though they note that finances will need to be monitored carefully in the coming year due to economic changes and planned capital costs.

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
NANCLEDRA PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £444k
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £142k
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £133k
NEWSOME PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £129k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KILNSEA PLAYGROUP	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NANCLEDRA PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£444k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
3-2-5 PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£142k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£188k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GREAT GRANSDEN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2026	£133k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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