BROOK GREEN EARLY YEARS

Registered charity 1030342 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LADYMEAD UNDER FIVES (TAUNTON)

A children's centre nursery, which is open all year round between the hours of 8am-6pm. We are registered for 29 children per session, we support parents and families within the local community

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Latest income

£312k

Latest spending

£289k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity faced financial pressure due to rising inflation and increased national minimum wage and national insurance contributions, struggling to find extra income to cover these costs. However, the expansion of Working Family funding helped improve finances by bringing more babies into the setting, and the charity maintained good staff retention without losing any employees during the financial year.

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

“Another has passed at Brook Green, we have been more fortunate than others with many settings having to close over the last finical year due to the finical restraint.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Nicola Reecechair
Karen Rafferty
Sarah Peet

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£312k	£289k
31/08/2024	£249k	£251k
31/08/2023	£191k	£219k
31/08/2022	£215k	£207k
31/08/2021	£195k	£195k

Common questions

Is BROOK GREEN EARLY YEARS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity faced financial pressure due to rising inflation and increased national minimum wage and national insurance contributions, struggling to find extra income to cover these costs. However, the expansion of Working Family funding helped improve finances by bringing more babies into the setting, and the charity maintained good staff retention without losing any employees during the financial year.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SURESTART.

SURESTART income £335k
HIGH WYCH PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY income £224k
KILLISICK PRE-SCHOOL income £205k
LISTER STEPS LIMITED income £674k
RAINBOW CORNER DAY NURSERY income £712k
ACORNS EARLY YEARS CENTRE income £865k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BROOK GREEN EARLY YEARS	£312k	—	unclear	—	noted
SURESTART FY2025	£335k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HIGH WYCH PRE-SCHOOL NURSERY FY2025	£224k	—	above	—	no doubt
KILLISICK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£205k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LISTER STEPS LIMITED FY2025	£674k	—	above	—	no doubt
RAINBOW CORNER DAY NURSERY FY2024	£712k	—	unclear	—	noted

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