THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE

Registered charity 1069714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MEADOWS CENTRE (CHATTERIS)

Provision of Childcare (children aged 2 - 12) and Pre-school education

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Latest income

£205k

Latest spending

£174k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £30.6k from its activities for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in total net assets of £294,113.03. The trustees' report notes that payroll costs remain the biggest expense at 69.3% of income, and while SEN Inclusion Funding has increased, it only covers approximately 50% of the associated support costs. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £124,761.52, which the trustees indicate are used for day-to-day running and to meet unforeseen expenditure or redundancy costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months payroll costs (held: £125k)

“It is advised to hold approximately three months payroll costs in reserves for this purpose. Should the situation arise, the cost to the centre at the end of the reporting period would have been in the region of £34.7k”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN RICHARD SMITHchair
Deborah Maiden
SUSAN KELLY
Yvonne Jane Brown

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£205k	£174k
31/01/2024	£157k	£173k
31/01/2023	£151k	£149k
31/01/2022	£132k	£126k
31/01/2021	£133k	£131k

Common questions

Is THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £30.6k from its activities for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in total net assets of £294,113.03. The trustees' report notes that payroll costs remain the biggest expense at 69.3% of income, and while SEN Inclusion Funding has increased, it only covers approximately 50% of the associated support costs. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £124,761.52, which the trustees indicate are used for day-to-day running and to meet unforeseen expenditure or redundancy costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MEADOWLANDS PRE-SCHOOL.

MEADOWLANDS PRE-SCHOOL income £182k
RIVER MEADOW income £282k
MEADOW NURSERY SCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION income £174k
GREENFIELDS CHILDCARE income £422k
Hanborough Meadows Preschool income £153k
YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MEADOWS DAY CARE CENTRE	£205k	—	above	—	no doubt
MEADOWLANDS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£182k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RIVER MEADOW FY2025	£282k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MEADOW NURSERY SCHOOL PARENTS ASSOCIATION FY2025	£174k	—	above	—	no doubt
GREENFIELDS CHILDCARE FY2025	£422k	—	within	—	no doubt
Hanborough Meadows Preschool FY2025	£153k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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