Penhill Playgroup

Analysis

Penhill Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in December 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2026, Penhill Playgroup reported income of £106k and spending of £88k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2026, income grew from £52k to £106k (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Penhill Playgroup sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Orchard (£106k), Tekkatho Foundation (£106k) and Magic Dragon Pre-School (£106k).