Little Birds Pre-school

Registered charity 900530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HERSTON PLAYGROUND, HERSTON PLAYGROUP, ST MARK'S PRE-SCHOOL

Pre-school Education

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Latest income

£210k

Latest spending

£186k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £24,485 for the year ended 31 August 2025, increasing net assets to £110,306. Per the balance sheet, the charity holds £109,794 in cash at bank and in hand, indicating strong liquidity. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with applicable regulations and no material matters were identified during the examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexandra Bailey - Sawyer
Carla Danesh
Jodie Edmunds
Kerry Kellaway
Laura Orchard
Louise Sanford
Lynda Collins
Marion Marchant
Nicola Howard
Tracey Gardner
Verity Aldous
Victoria O'Mara

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£210k	£186k
31/08/2024	£175k	£151k
31/08/2023	£132k	£136k
31/08/2022	£153k	£132k
31/08/2021	£107k	£99k

Common questions

Is Little Birds Pre-school financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a profit of £24,485 for the year ended 31 August 2025, increasing net assets to £110,306. Per the balance sheet, the charity holds £109,794 in cash at bank and in hand, indicating strong liquidity. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with applicable regulations and no material matters were identified during the examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

LITTLE LEAVES PRE-SCHOOL income £143k
LADYBIRD PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED income £657k
LITTLE FLYERS PRE-SCHOOL income £155k
LITTLE STEPS PRE-SCHOOL income £148k
LADYBIRDS PRE-SCHOOL KEELBY income £106k
LITTLEBOURNE LADYBIRDS PLAYGROUP income £191k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Little Birds Pre-school	£210k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE LEAVES PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LADYBIRD PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED FY2024	£657k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE FLYERS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£155k	—	within	—	no doubt
LITTLE STEPS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LADYBIRDS PRE-SCHOOL KEELBY FY2025	£106k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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