Bovington Nursery

Analysis

Bovington Nursery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wareham. It was registered in March 2016, 10 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, Bovington Nursery reported income of £796k and spending of £639k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £407k to £796k (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bovington Nursery sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sense About Science (£795k), Institute for Higher Rabbinical Studies (£798k) and Charitycomms (£794k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 1.9% of spending and raising funds 96%. Reserves of £330k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.