SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED

Registered charity 1084213 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAWSTON NURSERY

Operates Sawston Nursery to provide quality childcare for children from the age of 3 months until they are eligible to start school.

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Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net unrestricted surplus of £7,144 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in accumulated unrestricted funds of £150,046. Per the trustees' report, free reserves (excluding fixed assets) were £122,580, which is below the stated policy target of holding at least £200,000. The charity operates at or near capacity but faces financial pressure from government funding rates that do not cover full costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Income from parent fees (78% of income)

“Income from parent fees Nursery 790,478” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least £200,000 (held: £150k)

“It aims to hold at least £200,000 in a high interest deposit account at all times to provide working capital as required.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Staffords Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Tina — Head of Nursery (source)
Shani — Deputy Head (source)
Ferdousi — Finance Manager (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£1.0m

Reserves (reported)

£150k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

Dr Neil Adamschair
ALISTAIR JAMES MONTGOMERY · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Melissa Victoria Rachel Gammons
Edward John Unwin Hunt
Ka Kiu Amani Fong
Katrina Jane Spencer
Paul Edwin Whitmell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£1.0m	£1.0m
30/06/2024	£969k	£965k
30/06/2023	£885k	£882k
30/06/2022	£804k	£805k
30/06/2021	£806k	£786k

Common questions

Is SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net unrestricted surplus of £7,144 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in accumulated unrestricted funds of £150,046. Per the trustees' report, free reserves (excluding fixed assets) were £122,580, which is below the stated policy target of holding at least £200,000. The charity operates at or near capacity but faces financial pressure from government funding rates that do not cover full costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Staffords Chartered Accountants.

Who funds SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED as a grant recipient include JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY	FY2022	£5k
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY	FY2023	£2k

Charities like this

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

CRANK NURSERY LIMITED income £1.5m
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k
ST BEDE'S CHILDCARE LIMITED income £3.9m
SPROWSTON NURSERY PLAYGROUP income £147k
SURESTART income £335k
BOLTON LOW HOUSES CHILDCARE UNIT income £295k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CRANK NURSERY LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	below	—	no doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025	£807k	—	below	—	no doubt
ST BEDE'S CHILDCARE LIMITED FY2025	£3.9m	—	above	—	no doubt
SPROWSTON NURSERY PLAYGROUP FY2025	£147k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SURESTART FY2025	£335k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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