CheckMyDonation

Cold Ash Pre-School

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1174604ThatchamEducation and training
Income£152k2025-08-31
Spending£131ksame year
Spent / received83%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctEducation and training
Registered2017CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Cold Ash Pre-School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Thatcham. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Cold Ash Pre-School reported income of £152k and spending of £131k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £139k to £152k (+9.2%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cold Ash Pre-School sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scallywags Pre-School (Edgworth) (£152k), Carrington Pre-School (£152k) and Goudhurst Village Pre-School (£152k).

Income and spending

£0£42k£85k£127k£170k2021 Income: £139,1222021 Spending: £91,14820212022 Income: £96,6542022 Spending: £92,86520222023 Income: £117,8692023 Spending: £121,57320232024 Income: £169,7322024 Spending: £126,13620242025 Income: £151,9692025 Spending: £131,4642025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Early Years Education

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Scallywags Pre-School (Edgworth)Bolton£152k
Carrington Pre-SchoolBuckinghamshire£152k
Goudhurst Village Pre-SchoolKent£152k
Invicta Park Pre-School PlaygroupMaidstone£152k