Joint Colleges Nursery (Cambridge) Limited

Analysis

Joint Colleges Nursery (Cambridge) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in January 1983, 43 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 01484429). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Joint Colleges Nursery (Cambridge) Limited reported income of £860k and spending of £892k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £619k to £860k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Joint Colleges Nursery (Cambridge) Limited 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 Woodbridge Community Playgroups (£858k), Allsorts Playgroup (£862k) and The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust (£858k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £461k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.