OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD

Registered charity 1074899 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PLAYSCHEMES ACTIVITIES AND RECREATION FOR KIDS LIMITED

The principal activity of the charity is to serve the local community by providing quality childcare which promotes education and recreation for children under compulsory school age.

Causes: Education/training · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£549k
Latest spending
£457k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £91,373 for the year ended 30 September 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £422,215. The trustees report that reserves significantly exceed their stated policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure, which was set at £114,316 for the year. While the charity maintains strong financial resilience, the trustees note ongoing challenges regarding recruitment, rising employment costs, and changes in government funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 3 months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £422k)
It is the policy of the charity to build up the unrestricted funds to a level which equates to approximately 3 months of unrestricted expenditure. — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£549k
Total spending
£457k
Reserves (reported)
£422k
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~11.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£549k£457k
30/09/2024£477k£413k
30/09/2023£387k£369k
30/09/2022£348k£323k
30/09/2021£322k£343k

Common questions

Is OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £91,373 for the year ended 30 September 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £422,215. The trustees report that reserves significantly exceed their stated policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure, which was set at £114,316 for the year. While the charity maintains strong financial resilience, the trustees note ongoing challenges regarding recruitment, rising employment costs, and changes in government funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2010£9kPromoting physical play in all age ranges

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION1£91k
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION1£51k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD£549k0aboveno doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£807k0belowno doubt
SUNRISE COMMUNITY NURSERIES FY2025£1.1m0aboveno doubt
THE BATH HOUSE CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£821k0aboveno doubt
KING SQUARE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025£789k0unclearno doubt
DICKER HOUSE NURSERY GROUP FY2025£154kaboveno doubt

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