Little Gems Pre-School, Luton

Analysis

Little Gems Pre-School, Luton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Luton. It was registered in January 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Little Gems Pre-School, Luton reported income of £223k and spending of £275k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £201k to £223k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 17%. 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, Little Gems Pre-School, Luton sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child First Trust (£222k), The W H Smith Group Charitable Trust (£223k) and Youth Club Pre-School (£222k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.