Charminster Pre-School

Analysis

Charminster Pre-School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Charminster Pre-School reported income of £189k and spending of £199k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £161k to £189k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Charminster Pre-School sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Silsoe Pre-School (£189k), Rainbow Early Years (£189k) and Walton Pre School (£189k).