Little Oaks Nursery Leeds Ltd
Provision of childcare, local community support, outreach and other social services
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity made a deficit during the 2024-25 year due to increased costs, reduced funding, and high temporary staff expenses. Despite this, free reserves stood at £221,856, covering 3.7 months of expenditure, which meets the trustees' policy target of three months. The trustees note dependency on securing new funding sources to replace short-term contracts but consider the charity able to continue in operation.
What the accounts disclose
“The Nursery’s policy on reserves is to keep them at a level to cover three months expenditure necessary to keep the nursery running.” — page 7
“As with many voluntary organisations the charity is dependent on renewing and securing new funding sources to replace current short term contracts and grants. Based on available information the trustees consider that the charity can continue in operation for the foreseeable future and accordingly the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.” — page 12
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Trustees
- IAN BLACKBURNchair
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £769k | £715k |
| 31/03/2024 | £644k | £611k |
| 31/03/2023 | £583k | £631k |
| 31/03/2022 | £541k | £611k |
| 31/03/2021 | £562k | £596k |
Common questions
Is Little Oaks Nursery Leeds Ltd financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a deficit during the 2024-25 year due to increased costs, reduced funding, and high temporary staff expenses. Despite this, free reserves stood at £221,856, covering 3.7 months of expenditure, which meets the trustees' policy target of three months. The trustees note dependency on securing new funding sources to replace short-term contracts but consider the charity able to continue in operation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Oaks Nursery Leeds Ltd | £769k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |
| WOODEN TOPS DAY NURSERY LTD | £476k | — | 0 | within | — | no doubt |
| THE OAKS NURSERY | £145k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD | £549k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| TYWARDREATH PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP | £113k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| LITTLE OAKS COMMUNITY NURSERY | £301k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |