Crank Nursery Limited

Analysis

Crank Nursery Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Helens. It was registered in June 1994, 32 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 02913840). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Crank Nursery Limited reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.3m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £722k to £1.5m (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Crank Nursery Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Greater Share Foundation (£1.5m), Lancaster Training Services Limited (£1.5m) and Branwood School Trust Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56% and donations and legacies 43%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £345k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 47 people.