PENNINGTON NURSERY

Registered charity 1028638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWARTHMOOR PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

Children's nursery.

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Latest income

£527k

Latest spending

£454k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £73,071, increasing total unrestricted reserves to £638,307. The trustees report that cash reserves significantly outweigh liabilities and that the financial position remains strong with no bad debts. The charity has fully repaid its outstanding bank loan and holds no long-term investments, prioritizing capital protection in low-risk cash deposits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted reserves to protect the Nursery against changes in income, unexpected expenditure, operational risks and future maintenance requirements (held: £638k)

“The trustees aim to maintain sufficient unrestricted reserves to protect the Nursery against changes in income, unexpected expenditure, operational risks and future maintenance requirements.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£527k

Total spending

£454k

Reserves (reported)

£638k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~16.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Owen Dean Collarchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Catherine Mary Humphreys
Daniel Paul White
Hannah Rhiannon Booth
Kelly Jayne Mateer Newby
Laura Louise Collar

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£527k	£454k
31/08/2024	£467k	£414k
31/08/2023	£424k	£390k
31/08/2022	£342k	£254k
31/08/2021	£342k	£254k

Common questions

Is PENNINGTON NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £73,071, increasing total unrestricted reserves to £638,307. The trustees report that cash reserves significantly outweigh liabilities and that the financial position remains strong with no bad debts. The charity has fully repaid its outstanding bank loan and holds no long-term investments, prioritizing capital protection in low-risk cash deposits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PENNINGTON NURSERY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PENNINGTON NURSERY as a grant recipient include THE BAYWIND ENERGY COMMUNITY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BAYWIND ENERGY COMMUNITY TRUST	FY2025	£20k	Solar PV

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/09/2004	£5k	refurbishment of portacabins

Charities like this

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

THE HEATHERS NURSERY income £194k
Chiltern Nursery and Training College income £2.8m
MATILDA COMMUNITY DAY NURSERY income £234k
YESODEY HATORAH NURSERY income £1.7m
PEMBURY SCHOOL HOUSE NURSERY income £144k
THE COTTAGE NURSERY income £677k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PENNINGTON NURSERY	£527k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE HEATHERS NURSERY FY2025	£194k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
Chiltern Nursery and Training College FY2025	£2.8m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	within	—	no doubt
MATILDA COMMUNITY DAY NURSERY FY2025	£234k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YESODEY HATORAH NURSERY FY2024	£1.7m	Under £60,000	0	above	—	no doubt
PEMBURY SCHOOL HOUSE NURSERY FY2025	£144k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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