SATMAR NURSERY TRUST

Registered charity 292614 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Nursery education

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS BY THE PROVISION OF NURSERY FACILITIES FOR THE CHILDREN OF FAMILIES UNDERGOING HARDSHIP DUE TO POVERTY OR SICKNESS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £190,169 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £330,109. The trustees confirmed that the charity retains sufficient reserves to continue activities for the foreseeable future and identified no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Nursery fees and grants (95% of income)
“Nursery fees and grants 2,085,570” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to enable it to continue activities for the foreseeable future (reserves figure: £330k)
“The charity retains sufficient reserves to enable it to continue activities for the foreseeable future.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Brindley Goldstein Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

The Charity Commission opened a statutory class inquiry after evidence emerged that 105 charities had issued cheques exchanged for cash. The regulator has issued an immediate order to temporarily stop the charities under inquiry from issuing cheques without prior consent.
The report states that 105 charities were found to have cashed cheques with a company to a value of £22 million between December 2021 and March 2023.
“105 charities were found to have cashed cheques with it to a value of £22 million between December 2021 and March 2023.”
Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Government income: £1,302,329 — grants £1,302,329 (2); 59% of the £2,202,467 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £1,569,344 — grants £1,569,344 (1); 100% of the £1,569,470 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £770,208 — grants £770,208 (1); 77% of the £995,948 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£2.0m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
60

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.2m£2.0m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2023£996k£994k
31/03/2022£424k£343k
31/03/2021£204k£190k

Common questions

Is SATMAR NURSERY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £190,169 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £330,109. The trustees confirmed that the charity retains sufficient reserves to continue activities for the foreseeable future and identified no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Brindley Goldstein Limited.

Who funds SATMAR NURSERY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SATMAR NURSERY TRUST as a grant recipient include GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED, WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED, PARKWILL LIMITED, SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2025£16k
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2025£15k
PARKWILL LIMITEDFY2023£13k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITEDFY2025£10k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITEDFY2024£10k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITEDFY2023£8k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2022£10kJubilee: Busloads of Brilliance
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2021£10kMy Daddy My Buddy

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KEHAL YETEV LEV1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SATMAR LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SATMAR NURSERY TRUST£2.2m—0above—no doubt
SATMAR LIMITED FY2025£173k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MARY'S DAY NURSERY FY2025£350k—0above—no doubt
ST MARYS NURSERY, CAMBERLEY FY2025£245k—0unclear—no doubt
HORSPATH NURSERY FY2025£375k——above—no doubt
SARUM HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.0m——above—no doubt

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