THE LITTLE SUTTON CLUB AND NURSERY SCHOOL

Registered charity 1047535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LITTLE SUTTON CLUB AND NURSERY

The charity provides pre-school education and childcare and facilities for children of primary school age outside normal school hours.

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

£692k

Latest spending

£645k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £46,892 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £493,001. The trustees consider the financial position healthy, noting that readily realisable reserves of £480,997 significantly exceed their stated ideal target of £235,000. This surplus is attributed to increased Early Education Entitlement funding and cost management, despite higher staff expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: around £235,000, representing approximately four months’ staff costs, temporary rent of alternative premises and other costs likely to be incurred as a result of such relocation as well as provision for property dilapidations (held: £493k)

“the trustees consider an ideal level of reserves to be around £235,000, representing approximately four months’ staff costs, temporary rent of alternative premises and other costs likely to be incurred as a result of such relocation as well as provision for property dilapidations.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

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

Total income

£692k

Total spending

£645k

Reserves (reported)

£481k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median 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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Richard Scott Millerchair
Katharine Edwards
Rachael Gibbons
Richard James Benton
Surekhaben Joshi

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

Operates in: Birmingham City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£692k	£645k
31/08/2024	£676k	£582k
31/08/2023	£537k	£508k
31/08/2022	£474k	£451k
31/08/2021	£410k	£452k

Common questions

Is THE LITTLE SUTTON CLUB AND NURSERY SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £46,892 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £493,001. The trustees consider the financial position healthy, noting that readily realisable reserves of £480,997 significantly exceed their stated ideal target of £235,000. This surplus is attributed to increased Early Education Entitlement funding and cost management, despite higher staff expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP.

SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP income £104k
SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £175k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
LITTLE OAKS income £260k
LITTLE THINKERS PRE-SCHOOL & NURSERY income £1.0m
LITTLE CHESTNUTS PRE-SCHOOL income £156k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LITTLE SUTTON CLUB AND NURSERY SCHOOL	£692k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUTTON BONINGTON PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£175k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£222k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE OAKS FY2025	£260k	—	above	—	no doubt
LITTLE THINKERS PRE-SCHOOL & NURSERY FY2025	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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