THE FIRS NURSERY

Registered charity 1107989 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our fund raising for the year included various events such as Christmas Fair, Easter Bonnet parade, Big Quiz Night, May Fair and Printed tea towels and photographs.

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

Latest income

£347k

Latest spending

£317k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £30,600 for the year ended 31 August 2025, increasing its unrestricted fund balance to £166,318. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover three months of estimated expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves exceed this target. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of estimated expenditure (held: £166k)

“it is therefore the policy to always maintain reserves to cover the next three months' estimated expenditure.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Firs Nursery (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexandra Potts
Caroline Thwaites
Emily Wassell · trustee of 1 other charity
Georgette Fenn
Madeline Bell · trustee of 1 other charity
Sarah Delo
Sarah Wild

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£347k	£317k
31/08/2024	£298k	£286k
31/08/2023	£286k	£244k
31/08/2022	£238k	£223k
31/08/2021	£209k	£180k

Common questions

Is THE FIRS NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £30,600 for the year ended 31 August 2025, increasing its unrestricted fund balance to £166,318. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover three months of estimated expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves exceed this target. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

THE HEATHERS NURSERY income £194k
CRANK NURSERY LIMITED income £1.5m
THE GATESHEAD JEWISH NURSERY income £1.7m
BISHOPDOWN FARM COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND FARM FRIENDS income £198k
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD income £549k
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY income £807k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FIRS NURSERY	£347k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HEATHERS NURSERY FY2025	£194k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CRANK NURSERY LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE GATESHEAD JEWISH NURSERY FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BISHOPDOWN FARM COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND FARM FRIENDS FY2025	£198k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025	£549k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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