Bolsover First Steps Pre-School Learning Alliance

Analysis

Bolsover First Steps Pre-School Learning Alliance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chesterfield. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bolsover First Steps Pre-School Learning Alliance reported income of £142k and spending of £130k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £80k to £142k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bolsover First Steps Pre-School Learning Alliance sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camberley & District University of the Third Age (U3a) (£142k), Sutton St James Pre-School Playgroup (£142k) and The Maclaren Foundation (£142k).