CALTHWAITE NURSERY

Registered charity 1108840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our objective is to provide nursery and toddler facilities to the local Community including School Wrap Around facilities.

Objects

A. OFFERING APPROPRIATE CHILDPLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHTS 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 THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION MEANS OR ABILITY.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 AREA.C. THE OPERATION OF AFTER SCHOOL AND HOLIDAY SERVICES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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
£496k
Latest spending
£422k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £74,660 and held unrestricted reserves of £299,154 at the end of the year. The trustees report that demand for services has grown, resulting in a waiting list, and that cash reserves specifically stood at £273,569. The financial position is described as stable with no material uncertainties noted.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: requires that the trustees can justify the holding of income as reserves (held: £299k)
“The charity has a reserves policy which requires that the trustees can justify the holding of income as reserves.” — 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.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£496k£422k
31/08/2024£382k£361k
31/08/2023£326k£294k
31/08/2022£274k£233k
31/08/2021£223k£195k

Common questions

Is CALTHWAITE NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £74,660 and held unrestricted reserves of £299,154 at the end of the year. The trustees report that demand for services has grown, resulting in a waiting list, and that cash reserves specifically stood at £273,569. The financial position is described as stable with no material uncertainties noted. 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 Fund24/05/2006£5kNew equipment

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
JOHN HUNTINGDON'S CHARITY1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CALTHWAITE NURSERY£496k—0unclear—no doubt
SAWSTON CHILDCARE LIMITED FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
Cylch Meithrin y Gelli FY2025£127k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COTTAGE NURSERY FY2025£677k—0above—no doubt
PUDDLEDUCKS NURSERY CHALFORD CIO FY2026£432k—0unclear—no doubt
HOUGHTON NURSERY GROUP FY2025£231k—0unclear—no doubt

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