Paddocks Pre-School Playgroup

Analysis

Paddocks Pre-School Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wallingford. It was registered in February 1991, 35 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 August 2025, Paddocks Pre-School Playgroup reported income of £194k and spending of £163k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £161k to £194k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Paddocks Pre-School Playgroup sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Heathers Nursery (£194k), Compton Playgroup (£194k) and Behind Every Kick (£194k).