HOUGHTON NURSERY GROUP

Registered charity 1069874 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides full daycare for children aged 2.5 to 11 years old

Objects

TO 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

£231k

Latest spending

£215k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £232,893, with the trustees holding £108,110 in a high-interest account to ensure financial security against economic uncertainty. The charity reported a net income of £16,084 for the year, reversing a previous year's expenditure, and maintains a reserve policy target of approximately six months of running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately six months running costs (held: £233k)

“The committee has set a reserve policy which requires approximately six months running costs.” — page 4

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anna Jackson
Billie Jean Sedgwick
Caroline Maxwell · trustee of 1 other charity
Christine Birrell
Lynn Philipson
Shirley Lillian Moss

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£231k	£215k
31/08/2024	£207k	£211k
31/08/2023	£188k	£180k
31/08/2022	£159k	£138k
31/08/2021	£177k	£146k

Common questions

Is HOUGHTON NURSERY GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £232,893, with the trustees holding £108,110 in a high-interest account to ensure financial security against economic uncertainty. The charity reported a net income of £16,084 for the year, reversing a previous year's expenditure, and maintains a reserve policy target of approximately six months of running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/11/2005	£4k	Outside Play Area
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/03/2005	£294k	New Build Early Years Facility

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LITTLE FIRS DAY NURSERY.

LITTLE FIRS DAY NURSERY income £735k
ST AIDAN'S DAY NURSERY TRUST income £1.1m
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE income £821k
YESODEY HATORAH NURSERY income £1.7m
THE OAKS NURSERY income £145k
THE COTTAGE NURSERY income £677k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOUGHTON NURSERY GROUP	£231k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE FIRS DAY NURSERY FY2025	£735k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST AIDAN'S DAY NURSERY TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£821k	—	above	—	no doubt
YESODEY HATORAH NURSERY FY2024	£1.7m	Under £60,000	above	—	no doubt
THE OAKS NURSERY FY2025	£145k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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