DOTS 'N' SPOTS DAY NURSERY AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1110557 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of a nursery and to provide facilities for the care, recreation and education of children.

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Latest income

£783k

Latest spending

£620k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £163,296 for the year ended 5 April 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £298,117. The trustees report that this reserve level covers five months of normal operational costs, which aligns with their stated policy of holding sufficient reserves for 4 to 6 months of expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention that would cause belief in accounting record failures or non-compliance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 4 to 6 months of the resources expended (held: £298k)

“The trustee's have established a policy whereby the unrestricted reserves held by the charitable company should be sufficient to enable the charity to fund between 4 to 6 months of the resources expended.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£783k

Total spending

£620k

Reserves (reported)

£298k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Adrian Rose
Andrew Perriman
Christine Elizabeth Bland
Helen Wardell Wardell

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

Operates in: Redcar And Cleveland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£783k	£620k
05/04/2024	£538k	£490k
05/04/2023	£425k	£436k
05/04/2022	£421k	£434k
05/04/2021	£401k	£415k

Common questions

Is DOTS 'N' SPOTS DAY NURSERY AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £163,296 for the year ended 5 April 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £298,117. The trustees report that this reserve level covers five months of normal operational costs, which aligns with their stated policy of holding sufficient reserves for 4 to 6 months of expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention that would cause belief in accounting record failures or non-compliance. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DOTS 'N' SPOTS DAY NURSERY AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DOTS 'N' SPOTS DAY NURSERY AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB LIMITED as a grant recipient include TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£1k