Pennington Nursery

Analysis

Pennington Nursery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in November 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Pennington Nursery reported income of £527k and spending of £454k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £342k to £527k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Pennington Nursery sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Al-Islamia Institute for Education (£527k), Early Years @ Lightcliffe (£527k) and Routes 2 Results (£527k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £638k would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.