Pool House Under Fives Nursery

Analysis

Pool House Under Fives Nursery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Pool House Under Fives Nursery reported income of £192k and spending of £217k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £141k to £192k (+36%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Pool House Under Fives Nursery sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Little Aston Village Hall (£192k), The Polish Language and Cultural Centre in Nottingham (£192k) and St Paul's Waldorf School Building (£191k).