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Community Childcare Centres

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1086957HampshireEducation and training
Income£3.6m2025-03-31
Spending£3.2msame year
Spent / received96%5-year average
Size in its cause96th pctEducation and training
Registered2001Charitable company
Employees121latest return

Analysis

Community Childcare Centres is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in June 2001, 25 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 04148695). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Childcare Centres reported income of £3.6m and spending of £3.2m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £3.6m (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Community Childcare Centres sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Shannon Trust (£3.6m), Repton School Trust (£3.6m) and Beis Yaakov Primary School Foundation (£3.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 2.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 121 people.

Income and spending

£0£895k£1.8m£2.7m£3.6m2021 Income: £2,254,6712021 Spending: £2,219,47020212022 Income: £2,637,0202022 Spending: £2,428,00320222023 Income: £2,705,7192023 Spending: £2,752,73620232024 Income: £2,733,8462024 Spending: £2,723,55820242025 Income: £3,580,4342025 Spending: £3,212,8202025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 2.3%
  • Charitable activities 97%
  • Trading 0.4%
  • Investments 0.4%

In the charity's own words

The charity provides childcare education for children aged from 6 months, up to and including 11 years. Growing Places is a charitable company, committed to enhancing lives, raising aspirations and creating opportunities for all stakeholders (children, their families, employees and volunteers). For more information please see www.growingplaces.org.uk.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Shannon TrustLondon£3.6m
Repton School TrustDerby£3.6m
Beis Yaakov Primary School FoundationLondon£3.6m
Anglia Ruskin Students' UnionCambridge£3.6m