ST AUGUSTINE'S NURSERY

Registered charity 1027370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST AUGUSTINE'S PRE-SCHOOL GROUP, ST AUGUSTINES PLAYGROUP

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

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Tunbridge Wells, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£68k
Latest spending
£92k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“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
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST AUGUSTINE'S NURSERY£68k—0unclear—noted
ST JOSEPH'S NURSERY FY2025£263k—0within—no doubt
MANORCROFT NURSERY FY2025£221k—0unclear—no doubt
ST. THOMAS DAY NURSERY FY2025£564k—0within—no doubt
ST. MARY'S NURSERY GROUP (ALBRIGHTON) FY2025£120k——unclear—no doubt
RAUNDS CHILD CENTRE FY2025£123k—0below—material uncertainty

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