Next Steps Pre School of Elms Vale

Analysis

Next Steps Pre School of Elms Vale is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 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, Next Steps Pre School of Elms Vale reported income of £186k and spending of £174k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £167k to £186k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Next Steps Pre School of Elms Vale sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Noah's Ark Playgroup (£186k), Old Felixstowe Nursery (£186k) and St Paul's Preschool (£186k).