Barkantine Community Nursery

Analysis

Barkantine Community Nursery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05197009). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barkantine Community Nursery reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.0m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25k to £1.0m (+4010%), an average of +153% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 2621%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Barkantine Community Nursery sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The E C Roberts Centre (£1.0m), Reach Trust (£1.0m) and Soimech Noiflim (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 54 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.