CRANK NURSERY LIMITED

Registered charity 1039121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRANK HILL NURSERY

Operating a children's day nursery from ages 3 months to pre school

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW AND OF COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE

Area of benefit: CRANK AND RAINFORD AREA OF ST HELENS MERSEYSIDE

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £135,774 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £345,273, which is equivalent to approximately three months of running costs against a policy target of up to six months. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Livesey Spottiswood Ltd. Discloses 5 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02913840 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GARNER, Nicola Jayne — director, appointed 25/06/2024on trustee list
• LYONS, Andrew James — director, appointed 01/12/2021on trustee list
• DAVENPORT, Pamela Anne — director, appointed 30/07/2019on trustee list
• BRIGHOUSE, Beryl Elizabeth — director, appointed 19/10/2010on trustee list
• ROPER, Susan — secretary, appointed 08/08/2011

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BERYL ELIZABETH BRIGHOUSEchair
• Andrew James Lyons
• Nicola Jayne Garner
• Pamela Anne Davenport · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: St Helens

Income and spending

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• MANORCROFT NURSERY income £221k

Side by side with its peers

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