COLLINGHAM GARDENS NURSERY

Registered charity 1134204 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Children's nursery

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£212k

Latest spending

£261k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £48,806 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £115,435 to £73,013. The trustees note that the charity's activities are dependent on uncertain funding streams but are satisfied that the going concern basis is appropriate based on reviewed forecasts. The charity aims to hold reserves equivalent to three months of operating costs to provide resilience against static grant receipts and rising costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (reserves figure: £73k)

“It has been the charity’s aim to hold reserves equivalent to at least three month’s operating costs.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charitable activities of the company are entirely dependent upon the continuation of grant aid, voluntary donations and fee income. Adoption of the going concern basis of accounting is dependent upon the expectation of the continuation of future cash flows from these uncertain funding streams.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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Ofsted — Collingham Gardens Nursery: Good · Ofsted

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Government income: £75,598 — grants £75,598 (1); 36% of the £212,477 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Government income: £125,953 — grants £125,953 (1); 43% of the £292,062 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Government income: £95,062 — grants £95,062 (1); 35% of the £268,265 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 12/03/2025, 255 days after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 13/07/2023, 13 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Carl Thomas Magnus-Hannafordchair
Angelica cervero
Drew Roche
Katherine Elisabeth Browne
Lianne Le Roux
Maisha Begum
Maria Casamor Vidal

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£212k	£261k
31/08/2024	£292k	£264k
31/08/2023	£268k	£298k
31/08/2022	£405k	£311k
31/08/2021	£313k	£281k

Common questions

Is COLLINGHAM GARDENS NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £48,806 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £115,435 to £73,013. The trustees note that the charity's activities are dependent on uncertain funding streams but are satisfied that the going concern basis is appropriate based on reviewed forecasts. The charity aims to hold reserves equivalent to three months of operating costs to provide resilience against static grant receipts and rising costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	29/11/2012	£4k	Encouraging Children to Live Healthy Lives

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 BAYWIND ENERGY COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAUNDS CHILD CENTRE.

RAUNDS CHILD CENTRE income £123k
QEGS BLACKBURN ACADEMY NURSERY LIMITED income £607k
LITTLE WONDERS NURSERY income £96k
ST. CUTHBERT'S OLD SCHOOL NURSERY income £108k
HIGHBURY COMMUNITY NURSERY income £947k
KIRK HAMMERTON NURSERY SCHOOL income £122k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COLLINGHAM GARDENS NURSERY	£212k	—	unclear	—	noted
RAUNDS CHILD CENTRE FY2025	£123k	—	below	—	material uncertainty
QEGS BLACKBURN ACADEMY NURSERY LIMITED FY2025	£607k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE WONDERS NURSERY FY2025	£96k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST. CUTHBERT'S OLD SCHOOL NURSERY FY2025	£108k	£17,708	above	—	no doubt
HIGHBURY COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025	£947k	—	above	—	no doubt

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