MINIK KARDES LTD

Registered charity 1067893 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MINIK KARDES DAY NURSERY

To provide full time bi-lingual nursery education for children between 3 months to 5 years of age, whose parents are working, studying or disadvantaged. We also provide outreach service to Turkish speaking community, this includes children education, parents learning basic skills, parenting skills, translation and interpretation, set up workshops and seminars.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE IN THE COMMUNITY BY THE PROVISION OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE INCLUDING HOMEWORK CLUBS;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST PARENTS AND CARERS FROM THE COMMUNITY BY THE PROVISION OF SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND COURSES IN LIFE SKILLS AND PARENTING SKILLS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SO AS TO BETTER ENABLE THEM TO ASSIST IN THE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE.

Area of benefit: HACKNEY, GREATER LONDON

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
£2.7m
Latest spending
£2.6m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £117,327 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,669,786 against total expenditure of £2,552,459. Per the trustees' report, accumulated reserves stood at £2,010,828, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover running costs and potential liabilities, ensuring the charity can continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: over £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose emoluments as defined for taxation purposes amounted to over £60,000 in the year were as follows: 1” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose emoluments as defined for taxation purposes amounted to over £60,000 in the year were as follows: 1” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of running costs (held: £2.0m)
“The running cost reserve is to cover running costs of the charity of between 3 to 6 months and as at 31 March 2025 stands at £405,000 which is equivalent to six months running costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Christopher Michael Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Total income
£748k
Total spending
£2.6m
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
69

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.7m£2.6m
31/03/2024£2.5m£2.4m
31/03/2023£1.7m£1.6m
31/03/2022£1.7m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.6m£1.2m

Common questions

Is MINIK KARDES LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £117,327 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,669,786 against total expenditure of £2,552,459. Per the trustees' report, accumulated reserves stood at £2,010,828, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover running costs and potential liabilities, ensuring the charity can continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Christopher Michael Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of MINIK KARDES LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the over £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/10/2025£488kStrengthening Turkish and Kurdish communities
The National Lottery Community Fund13/04/2023£496kTurkish and Kurdish speaking Family support project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2019£496kImproving and enhancing lives - Turkish and Kurdish community and fami
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2019£4kchairs for children
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2008£5kTeen Zone - Parenting Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2006£5kArt Therapy for Turkish Speaking Women

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MINIK KARDES LTD£2.7mover £60,0001above—no doubt
Carlton Miniott Pre School and Nursery Committee FY2024£292k—0above—no doubt
DICKER HOUSE NURSERY GROUP FY2025£154k——above—no doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£807k—0below—no doubt
KINGSHURST CATERPILLARS CIO FY2025£129k—0above—no doubt
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025£549k—0above—no doubt

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