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Fun Start Childcare

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1155304StaffordshireEducation and training
Income£140k2025-08-31
Spending£115ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctEducation and training
Registered2014CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Fun Start Childcare is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Fun Start Childcare reported income of £140k and spending of £115k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £45k to £140k (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 96%. 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, Fun Start Childcare sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guide Association Buckinghamshire (£140k), The What on Earth Foundation (£140k) and St Philomena's Carshalton Charitable Trust (£140k).

Income and spending

£0£35k£70k£105k£140k2021 Income: £45,0302021 Spending: £52,15620212022 Income: £83,7272022 Spending: £79,97720222023 Income: £67,5472023 Spending: £67,88920232024 Income: £71,3492024 Spending: £70,62120242025 Income: £139,9902025 Spending: £114,7292025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Preschool offering sessional care for 18 months - 5 year olds in a safe, fun and stimulating environment

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Guide Association BuckinghamshireAylesbury£140k
The What on Earth FoundationTonbridge£140k
St Philomena's Carshalton Charitable TrustCarshalton£140k
Stalbridge Pre-SchoolSturminster Newton£140k