Brightwell Pre-School

Registered charity 900373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALLSORTS PLAYGROUP, ALLSORTS PRE-SCHOOL, BRIGHTWELL-CUM-SOTWELL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP ASSOCIATION

providing preschool education for under 5's

Objects

TO PROVIDE SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN ON A NON-PROFIT MAKING BASIS.

Area of benefit: BRIGHTWELL-CUM-SOTWELL

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

£144k

Latest spending

£146k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £923 for the current year, primarily due to rising costs for energy, food, and staff pay rises despite limited government funding increases. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £20,773, which is below the stated policy target of £24,000 (equivalent to three months of running costs). The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts present a fair and reasonable view of the accounting records with no material matters of concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £21k)

“We aim to have £24,x000 in reserves, the equivalent of 3 months running costs of the preschool.”

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Leanne Rachel Wilsonchair
Charlotte Smith
Esther Atkinson Sweetman
Gillian Kitchen
Holly Marriot
Lyndsey Clark
Michelle Wells
NATASHA HILLIER

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£144k	£146k
31/07/2024	£146k	£129k
31/07/2023	£93k	£105k
31/07/2022	£108k	£95k
31/07/2021	£99k	£95k

Common questions

Is Brightwell Pre-School financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £923 for the current year, primarily due to rising costs for energy, food, and staff pay rises despite limited government funding increases. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £20,773, which is below the stated policy target of £24,000 (equivalent to three months of running costs). The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts present a fair and reasonable view of the accounting records with no material matters of concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/06/2006	£5k	Building
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/11/2005	£50k	Allsorts Pre-school, New Building

Charities like this

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

CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL income £189k
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL income £165k
Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-School income £137k
BRIGHT START PRE - SCHOOL income £273k
St Richard's CE Preschool income £113k
BUBBLES PRESCHOOL (BICESTER) income £179k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Brightwell Pre-School	£144k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£189k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARNOCK RICHARD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£165k	—	below	—	no doubt
Abbotsham and Alwington Pre-School FY2025	£137k	—	above	—	no doubt
BRIGHT START PRE - SCHOOL FY2025	£273k	—	above	—	no doubt
St Richard's CE Preschool FY2025	£113k	—	below	—	no doubt

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