MR BEE'S FAMILY CENTRE (KING'S LYNN)

Registered charity 1169475 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Childrens Nurseries

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Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£951k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total income of £1,002,910 and unrestricted reserves of £554,261, an increase from the previous year. The trustees state that reserves are monitored to cover running costs for one year, and the independent examiner confirmed no material issues were found with the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year of running costs (held: £554k)
“The trustees believe that the level of reserves which is necessary should be enough to cover the running costs of the sites for one year, including all free family services, and that this is to be monitored and maintained throughout the year” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Related Party Loan
“Mr Bee's are owed £426,996 by Family Support Centre Limited as at the 31 March 2025. The company made donations to the charity of £78,791 during the year. J Nowrung ia a trustees of Mr Bee's Family Centre and is also the director of Family Support Centre Limited. The shares in the Family Support Centre Limited are owned by Mr Bee's Family Centre who also control the company.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Family Support Centre Limited
“The shares in the Family Support Centre Limited are owned by Mr Bee's Family Centre who also control the company.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£951k
Reserves (reported)
£71k
Employees
47

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.0m£951k
31/03/2024£879k£831k
31/03/2023£800k£890k
31/03/2022£871k£829k
31/03/2021£917k£804k

Common questions

Is MR BEE'S FAMILY CENTRE (KING'S LYNN) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total income of £1,002,910 and unrestricted reserves of £554,261, an increase from the previous year. The trustees state that reserves are monitored to cover running costs for one year, and the independent examiner confirmed no material issues were found with the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MR BEE'S FAMILY CENTRE (KING'S LYNN)£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
BUSY BEES CHILDCARE CENTRE FY2025£154k——unclear—no doubt
Cylch Meithrin y Gelli FY2025£127k—0unclear—no doubt
MARGARET MCMILLAN CHILDREN'S CENTRE FY2025£525k—0above—no doubt
THE BEEHIVE CHILDCARE GROUP FY2025£431k—0unclear—no doubt
BEEHIVE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FY2025£166k—0unclear—no doubt

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