ST MARY'S CHURCH NURSERY GREAT DUNMOW

Registered charity 1120280 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

St Mary's Church Nursery is a pre-school nursery for 2-5 year olds in Great Dunmow in Essex. Please see our website for further details at www.stmarysnurserydunmow.co.uk

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Latest income

£108k

Latest spending

£87k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £21,287.72 for the year ending 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £131,847.56. This figure significantly exceeds the stated contingency reserve policy target of £20,000, indicating strong financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £20,000 (held: £132k)

“The Nursery has a contingency reserve to £20,000 as a provision in case of sudden closure and or winding up of the charity.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Philip James Cobbchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Richard Anthony Beecroft · trustee of 1 other charity
Holly Louise Hammond
Rev Thomas Zane Warmington · trustee of 2 other charities
WENDY BOWLER

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£108k	£87k
31/08/2024	£89k	£81k
31/08/2023	£63k	£64k
31/08/2022	£68k	£64k
31/08/2021	£68k	£60k

Common questions

Is ST MARY'S CHURCH NURSERY GREAT DUNMOW financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £21,287.72 for the year ending 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £131,847.56. This figure significantly exceeds the stated contingency reserve policy target of £20,000, indicating strong financial stability. Its FY2025 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
BLANCHMINSTER TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with St Mary's Nursery & Preschool - Charlton Kings.

St Mary's Nursery & Preschool - Charlton Kings income £113k
ST MARY'S UNDER FIVES, MARLBOROUGH income £130k
MALDWYN NURSERY AND FAMILY CENTRE income £630k
BRANKSOME ALL SAINTS MOTHERS UNION NURSERY income £218k
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £178k
MARHAMCHURCH PLAYSCHOOL income £100k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST MARY'S CHURCH NURSERY GREAT DUNMOW	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
St Mary's Nursery & Preschool - Charlton Kings FY2025	£113k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S UNDER FIVES, MARLBOROUGH FY2025	£130k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MALDWYN NURSERY AND FAMILY CENTRE FY2024	£630k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRANKSOME ALL SAINTS MOTHERS UNION NURSERY FY2025	£218k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY'S PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025	£178k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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