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Dandelions Community Pre-School

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1108178HampshireEducation and training
Income£207k2025-08-31
Spending£187ksame year
Spent / received89%5-year average
Size in its cause85th pctEducation and training
Registered2005Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Dandelions Community Pre-School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05187302). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Dandelions Community Pre-School reported income of £207k and spending of £187k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £131k to £207k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Dandelions Community Pre-School sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lancashire Partnership Against Crime Limited (£207k), Royal Windsor Rose and Horticultural Society (£207k) and Attenborough Church Pre-School (£207k).

Income and spending

£0£52k£104k£155k£207k2021 Income: £130,7592021 Spending: £146,88920212022 Income: £131,4532022 Spending: £118,13720222023 Income: £174,1022023 Spending: £133,36520232024 Income: £191,0042024 Spending: £158,32620242025 Income: £207,1262025 Spending: £187,0732025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Dandelions is a community preschool offering high quality affordable childcare and education to children from around two years nine months to five years.

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The Lancashire Partnership Against Crime LimitedPreston£207k
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Attenborough Church Pre-SchoolNottinghamshire£207k
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