NOAH'S ARK NURSERY SCHOOL

Registered charity 1098007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of Day Care for 2-4 year olds, including children with special needs.

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 AND BY:(A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS(B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS(C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE DEVIZES

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
£245k
Latest spending
£199k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a surplus of £46,050 and total cash funds of £126,560. The trustees have decided to hold reserves to cover emergency situations and have ringfenced funds for future property repairs and a new building. The charity's principal sources of funds are Local Authority Grants and non-funded child fees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Local Authority Grants (80% of income)
“LOCAL AUTHORITY GRANTS 197,150”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: reserves to cover emergency situations such as urgent property repairs and redundancies; ringfenced for new building (held: £127k)
“The committee have decided that the charity needs to hold reserves to cover emergency situations such as urgent property repairs and redundancies. Money is now being ringfenced due to the council’s notification that Nursery building is to be replaced within the next 7 years.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£245k£199k
31/08/2024£170k£154k
31/08/2023£171k£179k
31/08/2022£143k£114k
31/08/2021£123k£140k

Common questions

Is NOAH'S ARK NURSERY SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a surplus of £46,050 and total cash funds of £126,560. The trustees have decided to hold reserves to cover emergency situations and have ringfenced funds for future property repairs and a new building. The charity's principal sources of funds are Local Authority Grants and non-funded child fees.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government10/09/2020£4kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL (BILLERICAY).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NOAH'S ARK NURSERY SCHOOL£245k—0above—no doubt
NOAH'S ARK PRE-SCHOOL (BILLERICAY) FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
NOAH'S ARK CHRISTIAN PRE-SCHOOL (BUCKHURST HILL) FY2025£241k—0above—no doubt
NOAH'S ARK NURSERY GROUP FY2025£162k—0unclear—no doubt
NOAH'S ARK ( TOLWORTH ) PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£201k—0unclear—no doubt
NOAH'S ARK PLAYGROUP FY2025£186k—0unclear—no doubt

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