LAMESLEY CHILDCARE

Registered charity 1122506 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer breakfast and out of school care in 6 local schools in Gateshead as well as providing holiday care at rural Lamesley. Approximately 300 children per day use our provisions per day.

Causes: Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£607k

Latest spending

£558k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's main source of income is parents' payments for childcare fees. The trustees hold six weekly meetings to monitor and evaluate finances, and the accounts are audited annually by BK Plus Limited.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: parents’ payments in the form of childcare fees

“Source of income/finance parents’ payments in the form of childcare fees are our main source of income.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BK Plus Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income

£607k

Total spending

£558k

Reserves (reported)

£197k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Christine Kennedy
JOAN ALEXANDERS

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£607k	£558k
31/03/2024	£564k	£554k
31/03/2023	£523k	£547k
31/03/2022	£492k	£485k
31/03/2021	£231k	£431k

Common questions

Is LAMESLEY CHILDCARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's main source of income is parents' payments for childcare fees. The trustees hold six weekly meetings to monitor and evaluate finances, and the accounts are audited annually by BK Plus Limited. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BK Plus Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/12/2009	£10k	Playwork Training Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/06/2004	£1k	Sports, art and safety

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
The Keith Howard Foundation	1	£100k
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION	1	£31k
THE CHARIS TRUST	1	£426

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LYDGATE AFTER SCHOOL CLUB.

LYDGATE AFTER SCHOOL CLUB income £152k
NORTH LEEDS COMMUNITY NURSERY income £448k
Lympstone Preschool income £336k
ST BEDE'S CHILDCARE LIMITED income £3.9m
LITTLE GEMS'S PRE-SCHOOL BASILDON income £195k
Martlesham Preschool income £201k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LAMESLEY CHILDCARE	£607k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LYDGATE AFTER SCHOOL CLUB FY2025	£152k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH LEEDS COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025	£448k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Lympstone Preschool FY2025	£336k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST BEDE'S CHILDCARE LIMITED FY2025	£3.9m	—	above	—	no doubt
LITTLE GEMS'S PRE-SCHOOL BASILDON FY2024	£195k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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