ST AUGUSTINE'S NURSERY
our charity is a pre-school nusery, providing dayly term time child care for children aged 2-5 yrs old.
Objects
TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £24,511.71 for the year ended 31st August 2025, resulting in a reduction of unrestricted reserves from £29,504.68 to £4,992.97. The trustees report that the nursery closed due to a lack of funding, increasing rent costs, and insufficient reserves. Consequently, all staff were made redundant and the charity ceased operations.
What the accounts disclose
“Due to increasing rent costs, and lack of funding and reserves plus a local school making the decision not to take on the nursery,we were left with no option but to close at the end of the 2025 academic year.” — page 6
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025
- Volunteers: 1
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024
- Volunteers: 1
Trustees
- Alistair Wattschair
- AMANDA DAY
- Rebecca Fenner
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/08/2025 | £68k | £92k |
| 31/08/2024 | £102k | £102k |
| 31/08/2023 | £88k | £87k |
| 31/08/2022 | £71k | £89k |
| 31/08/2021 | £79k | £86k |
Common questions
Is ST AUGUSTINE'S NURSERY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net loss of £24,511.71 for the year ended 31st August 2025, resulting in a reduction of unrestricted reserves from £29,504.68 to £4,992.97. The trustees report that the nursery closed due to a lack of funding, increasing rent costs, and insufficient reserves. Consequently, all staff were made redundant and the charity ceased operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST AUGUSTINE'S NURSERY | £68k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |
| ST JOSEPH'S NURSERY | £263k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| MANORCROFT NURSERY | £221k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ST. THOMAS DAY NURSERY | £564k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| ST. MARY'S NURSERY GROUP (ALBRIGHTON) | £120k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| RAUNDS CHILD CENTRE | £123k | — | 0 | below | — | material uncertainty |