KEIGHLEY COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD

Registered charity 1064202 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main objectives of Keighley Community Nursery Limited is to provide childcare for families in the Keighley and surrounding area.The main activities of Keighley Community Nursery are nursery daycare for children aged 0 to 5 years, after school care for children aged 3 to 11 and holiday club daycare for children aged 4 to 12.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, WHO ARE BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE OR WHO ARE OF COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, WHO ARE FROM KEIGHLEY AND DISTRICT

Area of benefit: KEIGHLEY AND DISTRICT

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

£690k

Latest spending

£648k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £41,938 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £214,467. The trustees report that the nursery remains sustainable and that these reserves satisfy their policy target of maintaining four months of expenditure. The filing confirms the organization is eligible for independent examination rather than audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £214k; policy: 4 months of expenditure)

“At the year end reserves were £214,467 (2024: £172,529), which satisfies the Trustees' target.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: One trustee was remunerated through employment as key personnel.

“During the year one of the charities trustees was remunerated through their employment as a member of key personnel and management.” — page 13

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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03363684 · 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.

RICKABY, Hannah — director, appointed 04/11/2025not on trustee list
GROVE, Kiara — director, appointed 30/09/2025not on trustee list
TOMBLIN, Bethany — director, appointed 20/01/2025not on trustee list
DENT, Naomi Jessica — director, appointed 05/02/2020not on trustee list
GARNETT, Emma Louise — director, appointed 19/02/2019on trustee list
GREENWOOD, Sarah Louise — secretary, appointed 18/11/2018

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Total income

£690k

Total spending

£648k

Cost of raising funds

£150

Reserves (reported)

£214k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Louise Greenwoodchair
Emma Garnett
JENNIFER FENWICK
Lisa Powell
MICHAEL DAVID HALL
RICHARD SIMPSON
Rachel Balson

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£690k	£648k
31/03/2024	£537k	£515k
31/03/2023	£488k	£465k
31/03/2022	£400k	£388k
31/03/2021	£374k	£326k

Common questions

Is KEIGHLEY COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £41,938 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £214,467. The trustees report that the nursery remains sustainable and that these reserves satisfy their policy target of maintaining four months of expenditure. The filing confirms the organization is eligible for independent examination rather than audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KEIGHLEY KIDDICARE LTD.

KEIGHLEY KIDDICARE LTD income £220k
NORTH LEEDS COMMUNITY NURSERY income £448k
KELTON NURSERY income £1000k
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k
ST MICHAEL'S COMMUNITY NURSERY income £162k
ST AGNES DAY NURSERY income £232k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KEIGHLEY COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD	£690k	—	below	—	no doubt
KEIGHLEY KIDDICARE LTD FY2025	£220k	—	unclear	—	not going concern
NORTH LEEDS COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025	£448k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KELTON NURSERY FY2025	£1000k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025	£807k	—	below	—	no doubt
ST MICHAEL'S COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025	£162k	—	unclear	—	noted

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