Smartys Day Nursery (Hitchin)

Analysis

Smartys Day Nursery (Hitchin) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10417278). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2022, Smartys Day Nursery (Hitchin) reported income of £54k and spending of £36k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2022, income fell from £81k to £54k (-34%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Smartys Day Nursery (Hitchin) sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brentwood Community Football Alliance Youth League (£54k), Wheatley Playing Field Trust (£54k) and The Downton Memorial Centre (£54k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.