CROSSHAYES PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 299488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROSS HAYES PLAYGROUP, CROSS HAYES PRESCHOOL

Child care for pre-school children.

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Latest income

£157k

Latest spending

£150k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £75,808 at the end of the financial year, representing an excess of income over expenditure of £7,571. The trustees hold these reserves to cover necessary expenditure should the pre-school be required to close and to allow for fluctuations. The charity is run by a committee of volunteers and relies on council funding, attendance fees, and grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: To retain sufficient reserves to cover necessary expenditure should the pre school be required to close, and to allow for fluctuations. (held: £76k)

“To retain sufficient reserves to cover necessary expenditure should the pre school be required to close, and to allow for fluctuations.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Nicholas Brock
Sophie Nation
Vanessa Leighfield

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£157k	£150k
31/08/2024	£131k	£117k
31/08/2023	£136k	£123k
31/08/2022	£102k	£90k
31/08/2021	£73k	£83k

Common questions

Is CROSSHAYES PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £75,808 at the end of the financial year, representing an excess of income over expenditure of £7,571. The trustees hold these reserves to cover necessary expenditure should the pre-school be required to close and to allow for fluctuations. The charity is run by a committee of volunteers and relies on council funding, attendance fees, and grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL income £165k
HAYLANDS PRE-SCHOOL income £226k
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
SOUTH CERNEY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £166k
HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £198k
WORLINGHAM PRE-SCHOOL income £189k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CROSSHAYES PRE-SCHOOL	£157k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£165k	—	below	—	no doubt
HAYLANDS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£226k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£188k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH CERNEY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£166k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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