Chiltern Nursery and Training College

Analysis

Chiltern Nursery and Training College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00159730). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chiltern Nursery and Training College reported income of £2.8m and spending of £2.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.8m (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Chiltern Nursery and Training College sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Millennium Trust (£2.8m), East London Advanced Technology Training (£2.8m) and North West Training Council (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £272k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 79 people.