Osborne House Community Nursery Ltd

Analysis

Osborne House Community Nursery Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03251011). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Osborne House Community Nursery Ltd reported income of £549k and spending of £457k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £322k to £549k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Osborne House Community Nursery Ltd sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 East Dorset Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Limited (£548k), Barnsley Community Gymnastics Academy (£549k) and Nottingham Wildcats Community Basketball and Sports Trust (£548k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50% and donations and legacies 49%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £271k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £422k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.