Matchbox Day Nursery Limited

Analysis

Matchbox Day Nursery Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2004, 22 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 04869234). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Matchbox Day Nursery Limited reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.1m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £991k to £2.5m (+148%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Matchbox Day Nursery Limited 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spring Grove School 2003 (£2.4m), The South of England Agricultural Society (£2.5m) and National Numeracy (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 50 people.