THE PARK NEIGHBOURHOOD NURSERY

Registered charity 1107602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childrens Day Nursery providing full and part time day care including government grants in an area of deprivation as part of the Neighbourhood Nursery scheme.

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Latest income

£753k

Latest spending

£684k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £69,197 and retained earnings of £296,179. The trustees report that the charity managed within budget despite increasing financial challenges. The document notes that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£753k

Total spending

£684k

Reserves (reported)

£296k

Employees

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

Trustees · trustee networks

CHERILYN SANDRA HOLMES
DEBORAH COTTLE
PATRICIA ROONEY · trustee of 1 other charity
Rachael Marie Bridges

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£753k	£684k
31/12/2023	£558k	£605k
31/12/2022	£535k	£549k
31/12/2021	£533k	£462k
31/12/2020	£488k	£469k

Common questions

Is THE PARK NEIGHBOURHOOD NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £69,197 and retained earnings of £296,179. The trustees report that the charity managed within budget despite increasing financial challenges. The document notes that the charity is entitled to exemption from audit under the Companies Act 2006. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
BLUESPARK FOUNDATION	1	—
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£400k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
THE BAYWIND ENERGY COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£20k
THE POPLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CANTERBURY DAY NURSERY, HOLIDAY PLAYSCHEME AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUB.

THE CANTERBURY DAY NURSERY, HOLIDAY PLAYSCHEME AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUB income £825k
CHASEWELL NURSERY income £180k
MATILDA COMMUNITY DAY NURSERY income £234k
PARKSTONE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £123k
ST AIDAN'S DAY NURSERY TRUST income £1.1m
THE PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PARK NEIGHBOURHOOD NURSERY	£753k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CANTERBURY DAY NURSERY, HOLIDAY PLAYSCHEME AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUB FY2026	£825k	—	within	—	no doubt
CHASEWELL NURSERY FY2025	£180k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MATILDA COMMUNITY DAY NURSERY FY2025	£234k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PARKSTONE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST AIDAN'S DAY NURSERY TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt

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