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Blues Pre-School Nursery

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1156613HertfordshireEducation and training
Income£157k2025-08-31
Spending£160ksame year
Spent / received114%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctEducation and training
Registered2014CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Blues Pre-School Nursery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in April 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, Blues Pre-School Nursery reported income of £157k and spending of £160k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £98k to £157k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Blues Pre-School Nursery sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crosshayes Pre-School (£157k), Cylch Meithrin Mwy Abergele (£157k) and Broadcast Journalism Training Council (£157k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£40k£80k£120k£160k2021 Income: £98,4992021 Spending: £103,30320212022 Income: £94,1232022 Spending: £121,61520222023 Income: £95,9402023 Spending: £133,23220232024 Income: £139,2802024 Spending: £150,69020242025 Income: £157,2422025 Spending: £160,2582025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Early Years Care and Education

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Crosshayes Pre-SchoolWiltshire£157k
Cylch Meithrin Mwy AbergeleAbergele£157k
Broadcast Journalism Training CouncilBuckinghamshire£157k
Combe Pre-SchoolWitney£157k