SCALLYWAGS PARENT PARTNERSHIP NURSERY

Registered charity 1161965 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scallywags is a parent partnership nursery, established in 1991. We care for children aged between 20 months and 4 years.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE IN EAST LONDON BY:1) PROVIDING AFFORDABLE, NON-PROFIT MAKING CHILDCARE WITH PARENTS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE RUNNING OF THE SETTING;2) PROVIDING A SAFE AND STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO LEARN; AND3) PROVIDING PARENTS AND CARERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN AND LEARN BEST PRACTICE PARENTING SKILLS THROUGH WORKING WITH QUALIFIED CHILDCARE PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER PARENTS.

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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Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£118k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £10,716 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Free/unrestricted reserves, held as cash at bank, decreased from £113,579.47 to £107,606.06. The trustees' report notes that monthly fees are set to rise from September 2025, the first increase since 2013.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: monthly fees and Nursery Education Fund funding

“Our main sources of income are monthly fees and Nursery Education Fund funding” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs and closure costs (held: £108k)

“We aim to have enough reserves to cover three months of operating costs and closure costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Trustees · trustee networks

KATE GOULDchair
Anna Gabriella Jones Davall
JOY DIANE LOBAN JONES

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£102k	£118k
31/03/2024	£133k	£118k
31/03/2023	£118k	£111k
31/03/2022	£96k	£96k
31/03/2021	£83k	£72k

Common questions

Is SCALLYWAGS PARENT PARTNERSHIP NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £10,716 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Free/unrestricted reserves, held as cash at bank, decreased from £113,579.47 to £107,606.06. The trustees' report notes that monthly fees are set to rise from September 2025, the first increase since 2013.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (EDGWORTH).

SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (EDGWORTH) income £152k
SCALLYWAGS PLAYGROUP income £157k
SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL) income £111k
HOPSCOTCH NURSERY income £139k
SCALLIWAGS PRE-SCHOOL income £410k
MALDWYN NURSERY AND FAMILY CENTRE income £630k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SCALLYWAGS PARENT PARTNERSHIP NURSERY	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (EDGWORTH) FY2025	£152k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SCALLYWAGS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£157k	—	below	—	noted
SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL) FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	noted
HOPSCOTCH NURSERY FY2025	£139k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SCALLIWAGS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£410k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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