National Day Nurseries Association

Analysis

National Day Nurseries Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03738616). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, National Day Nurseries Association reported income of £3.9m and spending of £4.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £3.0m to £3.9m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, National Day Nurseries Association 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oxford Trust (£3.9m), St Bede's Childcare Limited (£3.9m) and Voluntary Action Sheffield (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £969k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 73 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.