The Willows Daycare Limited

Analysis

The Willows Daycare Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in May 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05976295). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Willows Daycare Limited reported income of £582k and spending of £504k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £366k to £582k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Willows Daycare 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include NFTS Foundation (£582k), Sunflowers at Grafton (£583k) and Law for Life: the Foundation for Public Legal Education (£581k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £117k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.