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

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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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.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

Trustees · trustee networks

Adam Whitehouse
Bethany Marrable
Bradley Ashcroft
Charmaine Raine
Gary Micklewhite
Jessica Ward
Piera Saunders
Rachel Healey
Stefanie Louise Kemsley

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/04/2010	£2k	Technology 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

DICKORY DOCK NURSERY income £741k
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD income £549k
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE income £821k
ST JOSEPH'S CHILD CARE GROUP income £748k
THE COTTAGE NURSERY income £677k
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DICKER HOUSE NURSERY GROUP	£154k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
DICKORY DOCK NURSERY FY2025	£741k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025	£549k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£821k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ST JOSEPH'S CHILD CARE GROUP FY2025	£748k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COTTAGE NURSERY FY2025	£677k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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