Barkway Preschool

Analysis

Barkway Preschool is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Royston. It was registered in September 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, Barkway Preschool reported income of £118k and spending of £139k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £93k to £118k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Barkway Preschool sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bangor on Dee Childcare (£118k), Happier Lives Institute (£118k) and Friends of Pennington School (£118k).