If this figure were applied to the total number of working mothers in the UK - 4.6 million - this would equate to more than one million leaving the labour market, says the charity.
The poll, carried out by Survation, also found that 38 per cent would cut their working hours without help with childcare from grandparents. When scaled up to represent all working mothers in the UK, this is the equivalent of 1.7 million women.
Of those who were surveyed, 93 per cent receive some kind of help with childcare and over half will rely on grandparents over the summer holidays. Just 7 per cent said they didn't receieve any help with childcare from grandparents.
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