Dorchester Community Nursery School Association

Analysis

Dorchester Community Nursery School Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorchester. It was registered in February 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Dorchester Community Nursery School Association reported income of £195k and spending of £220k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £143k to £195k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 948%. Over the whole period it spent 39% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Dorchester Community Nursery School Association sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Snowy's Nursery and Pre-School (£195k), LFLC Ltd (£196k) and Little Gems's Pre-School Basildon (£195k).