RIPLEY NURSERY SCHOOL CHILDCARE

Registered charity 1139677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of children aged between 0 and 7 years, in Ripley and the surrounding area, through the provision of day and after school care.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 3 AND 8 YEARS IN RIPLEY AND THESURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF DAY AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE IN A SAFE AND SECUREENVIRONMENT AND BY ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING PARENTS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILD'SEDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: RIPLEY

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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Registered contact address: Amber Valley, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£361k

Latest spending

£353k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £8,212 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in an increase in net unrestricted reserves to £104,562. The trustees attribute this financial improvement to previous decisions to increase childcare fees and undertake an internal restructuring. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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Ofsted — Ripley Nursery School Childcare: 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
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Charly Manley
Donna Marie Brown
LAURA TIMMONS
Nicola Brown
Nicola Groom
Stacey Romane Bradshaw

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£361k	£353k
31/08/2024	£336k	£289k
31/08/2023	£238k	£219k
31/08/2022	£213k	£188k
31/08/2021	£184k	£177k

Common questions

Is RIPLEY NURSERY SCHOOL CHILDCARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £8,212 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in an increase in net unrestricted reserves to £104,562. The trustees attribute this financial improvement to previous decisions to increase childcare fees and undertake an internal restructuring. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIPLEY PRE-SCHOOL.

RIPLEY PRE-SCHOOL income £91k
RIVERSIDE PRE-SCHOOL income £101k
REPTON MANOR NURSERY income £205k
NURSERY@ASPIRE income £763k
MILLINGTON ROAD NURSERY SCHOOL TRUST income £312k
Whipperley Nursery income £565k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RIPLEY NURSERY SCHOOL CHILDCARE	£361k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RIPLEY PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£91k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RIVERSIDE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£101k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
REPTON MANOR NURSERY FY2025	£205k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NURSERY@ASPIRE FY2025	£763k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MILLINGTON ROAD NURSERY SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£312k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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