Fernbank Nursery

Analysis

Fernbank Nursery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04843570). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Fernbank Nursery reported income of £246k and spending of £255k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £196k to £246k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Fernbank Nursery sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bolton Muslim Welfare Trust (£246k), Association for Education and Guardianship of International Students (£246k) and Opentrust (£246k).