DORCHESTER COMMUNITY NURSERY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 301124 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dorchester Community Nursery School is a pre-school setting offering sessional care extended to offer early starts and lunch club.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an excess of expenditure over income of £24,475 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a surplus of £40,515 in the previous year. Per the balance sheet, total net assets decreased from £125,701 to £101,790, with unrestricted reserves falling from £125,701 to £101,226 after bringing forward the previous year's balance. The trustees' report notes that the nursery roll was healthy and regular fundraising activities continued, though some spaces remained unfilled.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (98% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lydia Toppchair
• Patrick Reeve
• Wendy Young

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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