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Union Grove Community Nursery Lambeth

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1094416LondonChildren and youth development
Income£572k2025-12-31
Spending£540ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause97th pctChildren and youth development
Registered2002Other
Employees16latest return

Analysis

Union Grove Community Nursery Lambeth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Union Grove Community Nursery Lambeth reported income of £572k and spending of £540k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £312k to £572k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Union Grove Community Nursery Lambeth 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aj Bell Futures Foundation (£570k), Leicestershire County Scout Council (£575k) and Gloucester Foodbank (£561k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 54% and donations and legacies 46%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £429k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.

Income and spending

£0£143k£286k£429k£572k2021 Income: £312,4262021 Spending: £285,10320212022 Income: £394,9942022 Spending: £369,03220222023 Income: £450,1592023 Spending: £435,15920232024 Income: £531,8952024 Spending: £471,32420242025 Income: £571,8342025 Spending: £540,2632025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 46%
  • Charitable activities 54%

In the charity's own words

Provision of childcare services

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Aj Bell Futures FoundationManchester£570k
Leicestershire County Scout CouncilLeicester£575k
Gloucester FoodbankGloucester£561k
Children Heard and SeenOxford£579k