SURESTART

Registered charity 1064759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide affordable, quality childcare for 0-12 year olds.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income

£335k

Latest spending

£330k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial year ended with a positive balance of £5,470, leaving the nursery in a stable financial position. The Treasurer's report notes that staffing remains the largest area of expenditure due to National Living Wage increases, but the charity is maintaining a small surplus rather than operating at a deficit. The organization continues to invest in resources and improvements for children while managing ongoing cost pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Mackenzie Klessa-Smithchair
Kirsten Regan
Leanne Starr
Pricila Zanini
Rebecca Willers

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

Operates in: Thurrock

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£335k	£330k
31/03/2024	£299k	£285k
31/03/2023	£263k	£280k
31/03/2022	£280k	£248k
31/03/2021	£290k	£247k

Common questions

Is SURESTART financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the financial year ended with a positive balance of £5,470, leaving the nursery in a stable financial position. The Treasurer's report notes that staffing remains the largest area of expenditure due to National Living Wage increases, but the charity is maintaining a small surplus rather than operating at a deficit. The organization continues to invest in resources and improvements for children while managing ongoing cost pressures.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	12/01/2024	£5k	Conservation and Enhancement Scheme

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
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED.

SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED income £1.0m
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k
Chiltern Nursery and Training College income £2.8m
ST BEDE'S CHILDCARE LIMITED income £3.9m
SPROWSTON NURSERY PLAYGROUP income £147k
CRANK NURSERY LIMITED income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SURESTART	£335k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025	£807k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
Chiltern Nursery and Training College FY2025	£2.8m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	within	—	no doubt
ST BEDE'S CHILDCARE LIMITED FY2025	£3.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SPROWSTON NURSERY PLAYGROUP FY2025	£147k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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