ST AIDAN'S DAY NURSERY TRUST

Registered charity 1139082 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST AIDAN'S DAY NURSERY

The Trustees operate a day nursery for children from babies up to the compulsory schooling age. We provide care, education and play, both in the nursery premises and by taking the children on outings. We assist in the education of school age children in the community, and the parents of the children, as they come into the nursery and are involved.

Objects

4.1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE; BY RECEIVING AND CARING FOR SUCH CHILDREN IN A DAY NURSERY ('THE DAY NURSERY') AND PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY AND OTHER ACTIVITIES;4.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ATTENDING RICHARD ROSE ACADEMY, CARLISLE ('THE ACADEMY') INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THROUGH THE INVOLVEMENT OF SUCH CHILDREN, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE STAFF EMPLOYED AT THE DAY NURSERY, IN THE RUNNING AND ORGANISING OF THE DAY NURSERY AND THE CARE OF THE CHILDREN THEREAT;4.3 TO ENCOURAGE OTHER ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN;4.4 TO DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS SHALL FURTHER THE TRUST;4.5 TO CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER LEGAL PURPOSES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BY DEED STATED TO BE SUPPLEMENTAL TO THIS DEED WITH THEIR UNANIMOUS CONSENT DECLARE.

Area of benefit: CARLISLE

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position remains robust with total unrestricted reserves of £1,477,836 and free reserves of £1,417,602. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves exceed the stated policy target of holding two months of expenditure, which is calculated at £161,044 based on the year's total expenditure of £966,261. The charity generated a net surplus of £152,379 for the year, supported by government grants and parental fees, while operating from a single site following the closure of another location.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dodd & Co Audit Limited. Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~17.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARTIN MURPHYchair
• CLAIRE INGLIS
• Katherine Dalgliesh

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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