The Village Community Nursery Limited
Charity 1093347
www.thevillagecommunitynursery.co.uk
Overview
Summary
The Village Community Nursery Limited appears to operate as more than a childcare provider: it combines affordable early-years provision with a broader charitable aim of improving childcare knowledge and standards. Its location on the grounds of St Peter's Urban Village Trust suggests an embedded, place-based operating model rather than a standalone commercial nursery. The organisation may therefore contribute both direct support for families and indirect capacity-building within Birmingham's childcare ecosystem, although the scale and practical form of that wider role remain unclear.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Alum Rock
Confidence: high
The charity, its own current website and Ofsted all identify the nursery as operating at St Peter's Urban Village in the Saltley/Alum Rock area. The supplied organisation record explicitly places this site in Alum Rock.
- Charity Commission register, THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY NURSERY LIMITED (charity 1093347)
States that the nursery is based on the grounds of St Peter's Urban Village Trust. - The Village Community Nursery official website
Identifies the nursery at St Peter's Urban Village and advertises ongoing full-day childcare services. - Ofsted provider record, URN 260374
Lists The Village Community Nursery as an open childcare provider at St Peter's Urban Village. - Charity trustees' report for the year ended 31 August 2024
States that The Village Community Nursery, based on the grounds of St Peter's Urban Village Trust, continued its activities during the year.
Remaining uncertainties
- The evidence establishes one current delivery site but does not establish that the nursery directly delivers services from any other Birmingham location.
- The charity reports working with four local children's centres, further- and higher-education colleges, parents, local projects and job centres. The available evidence does not name all partners, identify their locations, or show that the nursery delivers services at their premises.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the charity's reported area of operation and its objects refer to Birmingham and surrounding areas. This is broader than the evidenced service footprint and is not sufficient, by itself, to demonstrate citywide delivery.
- The site is described as Saltley by the nursery and Ofsted, while the charity describes its address as Alum Rock. The supplied record identifies the site as being in Alum Rock.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service or programme list confirming whether childcare, outreach, training or family-support activity is delivered away from the nursery site.
- The names, areas and roles of the four local children's centres and other partners, together with confirmation of whether these arrangements involve delivery at those locations.
- A current annual report or operational/impact report describing the geographic origin of services and any sites used beyond St Peter's Urban Village.
Areas of work
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A dual role: direct care and sector development
The organisation appears to combine frontline daycare with an ambition to improve childcare practice among the public and childcare professionals. This may position it as both a service provider and a local source of early-years knowledge.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the nursery from organisations focused solely on places for children. Its potential influence may extend beyond enrolled families if its educational objective for professionals is actively delivered.
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“The objects include advancing the education of the public and child-care professionals in childcare and better standards of childcare.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity's objects are to provide affordable quality daycare for children from 0-4 within Birmingham and surrounding areas.”
Source:Organisation
Affordability may be part of its community-development role
Describing daycare as affordable suggests the nursery may seek to reduce a practical barrier faced by families with pre-school children, with possible implications for parents' participation in work, training or community life.
Why it matters
This helps explain why the charity is also classified under economic and community development, rather than being understood only as an education provider.
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“The charity's objects are to provide affordable quality daycare for children from 0-4 within Birmingham and surrounding areas.”
Source:Organisation“The charity works in education/training and economic/community development/employment.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its host-site relationship may be strategically significant
Being based on the grounds of St Peter's Urban Village Trust may indicate that the nursery is connected to a wider local community setting, potentially benefiting from shared place, relationships or facilities.
Why it matters
This relationship could be important for understanding referral routes, local trust and collaboration opportunities; it may be more consequential than the nursery's formal activity labels suggest.
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“The Village Community Nursery is based on the grounds of St Peter's Urban Village Trust.”
Source:Organisation“The charity provides buildings, facilities or open space and provides services.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Whether the organisation currently provides education or support for childcare professionals beyond nursery provision.
- Which communities use the service, how affordability is achieved, and whether demand exceeds available places.
- The nature and depth of its relationship with St Peter's Urban Village Trust.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or service descriptions showing activities, capacity, fees, funding and outcomes.
- Evidence of partnerships, referral routes and shared initiatives with St Peter's Urban Village Trust and other local organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The charity's objects are to provide affordable quality daycare for children from 0-4 within Birmingham and surrounding areas. The Village Community Nursery is based on the grounds of St Peter's Urban Village Trust.
Charity objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: 1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE WITHIN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCH CHILDREN. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND CHILD-CARE PROFESSIONALS IN CHILDCARE AND BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILDCARE.