The Athelstan Nursery

Analysis

The Athelstan Nursery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hastings. It was registered in May 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 buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Athelstan Nursery reported income of £167k and spending of £148k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £111k to £167k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Athelstan Nursery sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% 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 The Spowers Charitable Trust (£167k), Adel Pre-School (£167k) and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences (£167k).