Registered charity · Emsworth
Thorney Island Nursery
- 3 trustees
- Income £359k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- West Sussex
- Website
- thorneyislandnursery.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£359k£278k
- 2024£221k£207k
- 2023£190k£211k
Earlier years
- 2022£198k£190k
- 2021£198k£190k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN (PRIMARILY ALTHOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY SERVICE CHILDREN) UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY: A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES, ENSURE THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, GENDER OR MEANS; B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREA; C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ALLIANCE, AND THOSE GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS SET BY OFSTED AND THE EARLY YEARS FRAMEWORK.
Grants received
2 grants · £52,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Ministry of Defence · £50,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,000
Most recent
- Ministry of Defence
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
3 trustees on the board
- Christopher Maher Chair since 2023
- Dawn Caraher since 2022
- Matthew Holden since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Christopher Maher Chair since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Dawn Caraher since 2022
- Matthew Holden since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1062766
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 05/03/1997AS AMENDED ON 28/04/2009AS AMENDED ON 10/05/2011
- Contact on the register
- 01243 388879 · manager@thorneyislandnursery.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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