DICKER HOUSE NURSERY GROUP

Registered charity 1036414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DICKER HOUSE PRE-SCHOOL

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

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Latest income
£154k
Latest spending
£145k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £9,396, contrasting with a deficit in the previous year. Free reserves stood at £122,063, which the trustees confirm comfortably covers their policy target of three months' salary costs. The charity's main income sources are fees from parents and local authority funding, with total revenue increasing to £154,327.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Fees (99% of income)
The charity's main source of income comes from fees, both from the West Sussex County Council for children eligible for funding under the Early Years Foundation Stage free entitlement scheme and from parents of younger children. — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately three months' salary costs (held: £122k)
Ensure the reserves of the charity increase or do not fall below the contingent level set by the management committee, of approximately three months' salary costs. — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£154k£145k
31/08/2024£113k£130k
31/08/2023£149k£125k
31/08/2022£88k£96k
31/08/2021£96k£94k

Common questions

Is DICKER HOUSE NURSERY GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £9,396, contrasting with a deficit in the previous year. Free reserves stood at £122,063, which the trustees confirm comfortably covers their policy target of three months' salary costs. The charity's main income sources are fees from parents and local authority funding, with total revenue increasing to £154,327. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2010£2kTechnology for tots

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
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION1£91k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DICKER HOUSE NURSERY GROUP£154kaboveno doubt
DICKORY DOCK NURSERY FY2025£741k0unclearno doubt
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025£549k0aboveno doubt
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£821k0aboveno doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£807k0belowno doubt
KING SQUARE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025£789k0unclearno doubt

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