Highbury Community Nursery

Analysis

Highbury Community Nursery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02324172). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Highbury Community Nursery reported income of £947k and spending of £1.2m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £790k to £947k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Highbury Community Nursery sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gingerbread Cottage Playgroup (£947k), First UK (£952k) and Wem Playmates Nursery (£946k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £384k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.