POPPINS NURSERY

Registered charity 1067049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POPPINS NURSERY & PRE SCHOOL, POPPINS PRE-SCHOOL

Poppins Nursery and Pre School is a charity run nursery for children 2-5 years of age.

Objects

ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY 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
£218k
Latest spending
£204k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £13,942, increasing its net unrestricted funds from £30,193 to £44,135. The trustees report that the setting remained full with a healthy waiting list and that the charity has sufficient reserves to sustain operations or cover redundancy costs if income falls below expected levels. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Fees received from Medway Council (85% of income)
“Fees received from Medway Council - 185,084” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to sustain the pre-school should our income fall below expected levels (held: £44k)
“Our policy is to hold sufficient reserves to sustain the pre-school should our income fall below expected levels.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£218k£204k
31/03/2024£195k£195k
31/03/2023£184k£198k
31/03/2022£183k£177k
31/03/2021£147k£135k

Common questions

Is POPPINS NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £13,942, increasing its net unrestricted funds from £30,193 to £44,135. The trustees report that the setting remained full with a healthy waiting list and that the charity has sufficient reserves to sustain operations or cover redundancy costs if income falls below expected levels. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.