Bright Sparks Childcare Centre

Analysis

Bright Sparks Childcare Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Deal. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bright Sparks Childcare Centre reported income of £212k and spending of £192k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £177k to £212k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bright Sparks Childcare Centre 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 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brize Norton Village Preschool (£212k), Avenues College Ltd (£212k) and New Studio Pre-School (£212k).