Shepherds Spring Pre-School Nursery

Analysis

Shepherds Spring Pre-School Nursery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in March 2017, 9 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 advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shepherds Spring Pre-School Nursery reported income of £910k and spending of £807k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £451k to £910k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Shepherds Spring Pre-School 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 First Give (£908k), The Association for Science Education (£915k) and LSSP (£907k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £120k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.