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.

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY (A) PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY, IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART; (B) ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN; (C) FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

£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.

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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
CHALDON PRE-SCHOOL income £186k
HAYLANDS PRE-SCHOOL income £226k
CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
SOUTH CERNEY PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £166k
HATFIELD HEATH PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £198k

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
CHALDON PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£186k	—	unclear	—	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

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