SAFFRON WALDEN NURSERY SCHOOL

Registered charity 308228 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Nursery School in Saffron Walden, Essex

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Latest income
£380k
Latest spending
£377k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £3,299 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. However, the trustees report that free reserves were in deficit by £2,615, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £30,000. The financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern due to pending plans to transfer assets and liabilities to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-3k; policy: three months salaries and running costs, which would equate to about £30,000 per annum)
The Charity's free reserves were £2,615 in deficit, which is below the minimum target range — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
I draw attention to note 1.2 in the financial statements which indicates that the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Saffron Walden Nursery School (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£380k£377k
31/08/2024£303k£340k
31/08/2023£272k£254k
31/08/2022£255k£223k
31/08/2021£182k£223k

Common questions

Is SAFFRON WALDEN NURSERY SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £3,299 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. However, the trustees report that free reserves were in deficit by £2,615, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £30,000. The financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern due to pending plans to transfer assets and liabilities to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation. 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 Fund18/01/2006£5kOutdoor Play

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
FRANCIS BANCROFT'S TRUST1£488k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND1£170k
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY'S CHURCH NURSERY GREAT DUNMOW.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAFFRON WALDEN NURSERY SCHOOL£380k0belownoted
ST MARY'S CHURCH NURSERY GREAT DUNMOW FY2025£108k0unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAFFRON WALDEN FY2025£280k0aboveno doubt
FELIXSTOWE NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£208k0unclearno doubt
SAFFRON WALDEN COMMUNITY CINEMA LIMITED FY2024£298k0unclearno doubt
BANCROFT'S SCHOOL FY2025£26.3m£260,001 - £270,000unclearno doubt

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