KING SQUARE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD

Registered charity 1108752 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KING SQUARE PRE-SCHOOL, KING SQUARE PRE-SCHOOL LIMITED

Offering appropriate teaching programmes recommended by OFSTED and play facilities to all children regardless of race, culture,religion or means.By encouraging parents to become involved in the activities of the Nursery, andBy providing the necessary facilities for the daily care, play, recreation and education of children during out of school hours and holidays.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AGED 2 TO 8 YEARS OF AGE BY;I) OFFERING APPROPRIATE TEACHING PROGRAMMES RECOMMENDED BY OFSTED AND PLAY FACILITIES TO AL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS;II) TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PRE-SCHOOL;III) BY PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR THE DAILY CARE, PLAY, RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE GREATER LONDON

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
£789k
Latest spending
£723k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £65,995 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £789,463 against total expenditure of £723,468. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £393,494, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover future potential statutory liabilities and running costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £393k)
“Unrestricted reserves as at 31 March 2025 at £150,000 which is equivalent to 3 months running costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£789k
Total spending
£723k
Reserves (reported)
£393k
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (74% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Islington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£789k£723k
31/03/2024£790k£783k
31/03/2023£756k£777k
31/03/2022£675k£677k
31/03/2021£589k£591k

Common questions

Is KING SQUARE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £65,995 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £789,463 against total expenditure of £723,468. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £393,494, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover future potential statutory liabilities and running costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2015£9kHappier children, brighter futures

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION1£185k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KING SQUARE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD£789k—0unclear—no doubt
OSBORNE HOUSE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025£549k—0above—no doubt
KINGSHURST CATERPILLARS CIO FY2025£129k—0above—no doubt
RAINBOW COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£807k—0below—no doubt
KINGSKERSWELL PLAYGROUP AND NURSERY FY2025£139k—0unclear—no doubt
SUNRISE COMMUNITY NURSERIES FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt

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