WOODFORD GREEN PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 310930 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing education to children of a primary school age in accordance with the principles of the Christian faith but on a non-denominational basis.

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Latest income
£5.3m
Latest spending
£5.2m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £118,483 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a surplus of £514,846 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity operates at or near full capacity with strong waiting lists, and its reserves are deemed adequate to meet unforeseen trading circumstances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: School fees (91% of income)
“Income for the year, primarily from School fees, increased by 2.8% to £5,332,867.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a term's income (fees) (held: £5.5m)
“The Trustees intend that the School should continue to operate with a level of free reserves equivalent to a minimum of a term's income (fees).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees incurred travel expenses
“During the year Trustees incurred travel expenses of £147 (2024: £133). There were no other related party transactions in the current or preceding year.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£5.3m
Total spending
£5.2m
Reserves (reported)
£2.4m
Employees
60

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Redbridge · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£5.3m£5.2m
31/08/2024£5.2m£4.7m
31/08/2023£4.9m£5.2m
31/08/2022£4.4m£4.3m
31/08/2021£4.0m£3.8m

Common questions

Is WOODFORD GREEN PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £118,483 for the year ended 31 August 2025, following a surplus of £514,846 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity operates at or near full capacity with strong waiting lists, and its reserves are deemed adequate to meet unforeseen trading circumstances. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ALL NATIONS CHURCH BARKINGSIDE AND CLAYHALL1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WOODFORD GREEN PREPARATORY SCHOOL LIMITED£5.3m——unclear—no doubt
WOODFORD PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£104k—0above188.9%no doubt
ST AUBYN'S (WOODFORD GREEN) SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£6.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE WOODFORD PARISH CHURCH MEMORIAL HALL FY2024£120k—0unclear—no doubt
WOODFORD EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH ST PHILIP AND ST JAMES, WOODFORD FY2024£177k—0above—no doubt

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