Houghton Nursery Group

Analysis

Houghton Nursery Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Houghton Nursery Group reported income of £231k and spending of £215k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £177k to £231k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Houghton Nursery Group sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Margaret's Playgroup (Orford) (£231k), Ickford Pre School Playgroup Incorporating After School Club (£232k) and The National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse (£231k).