Summertime Nursery & Pre-School

Analysis

Summertime Nursery & Pre-School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorchester. It was registered in December 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 human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Summertime Nursery & Pre-School reported income of £509k and spending of £400k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £280k to £509k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Summertime Nursery & Pre-School sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catterick Garrison Pre-School Group (£508k), Titan Partnership Limited (£509k) and Laxfield Pre School (£508k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 19 people.