Busy Bees Nursery & Pre School Limited

Analysis

Busy Bees Nursery & Pre School Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in December 2003, 23 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 04968688). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Busy Bees Nursery & Pre School Limited reported income of £671k and spending of £475k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £286k to £671k (+135%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Busy Bees Nursery & Pre School Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Solent Students' Union (£670k), Jidcuk Charitable Trust (£672k) and Tayyibah Educational Trust (£670k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 60%, trading 38% and donations and legacies 2.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £309k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.