FERNBANK NURSERY

Registered charity 1167561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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

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
£246k
Latest spending
£255k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the company reported an operating deficit of £11,943 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Despite this loss, total members' funds remained substantial at £394,160, and the director confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the company's ability to continue trading for the foreseeable future.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education); Welsh Government (Social Landlords And Housing Associations). 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.

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

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£246k£255k
31/08/2024£223k£203k
31/08/2023£216k£195k
31/08/2022£202k£165k
31/08/2021£196k£189k

Common questions

Is FERNBANK NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the company reported an operating deficit of £11,943 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus in the prior year. Despite this loss, total members' funds remained substantial at £394,160, and the director confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the company's ability to continue trading for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2010£10kThe great outdoors, here we come!

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOME FARM CHILDREN'S NURSERY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FERNBANK NURSERY£246k—0unclear—no doubt
HOME FARM CHILDREN'S NURSERY FY2025£631k—0below—no doubt
FERNHURST PRE-SCHOOL FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt
FELIXSTOWE NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£208k—0unclear—no doubt
QEGS BLACKBURN ACADEMY NURSERY LIMITED FY2025£607k—0unclear—no doubt
STOBOROUGH NURSERY FY2025£123k—0unclear—no doubt

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