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HIGHBURY COMMUNITY NURSERY

Registered charity 1020319 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

COMMUNITY NURSERY

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Latest income
£947k
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a deficit of £212,284 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased staffing costs and lower admissions capacity. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £383,822, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' average operating expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' average operating expenses (held: £384k)
“This amount exceeds three months' average operating expenses.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees paid fees for their children's attendance, calculated in the same way as for other parents.
“As parents the trustees paid fees in respect of their children. These fees are calculated in the same way as for other parents. No amounts were written off in respect of these fees due to non-payment or for any other reason.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Nordens Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£947k
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£384k
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£947k£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.0m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.0m£1.0m
31/03/2022£898k£1.1m
31/03/2021£790k£1.0m

Common questions

Is HIGHBURY COMMUNITY NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a deficit of £212,284 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased staffing costs and lower admissions capacity. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £383,822, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' average operating expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Nordens Audit Limited.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
Moto Foundation1£150

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHAPELTOWN COMMUNITY NURSERY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HIGHBURY COMMUNITY NURSERY£947k—0above—no doubt
CHAPELTOWN COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£302k—0unclear—no doubt
HIGHBURY FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HIGHBURY CENTRE FY2024£803k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HEATHERS NURSERY FY2025£194k——above—no doubt
HEYSHAM YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025£306k—0above—no doubt

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