Colwich Playgroup

Analysis

Colwich Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Colwich Playgroup reported income of £54k and spending of £59k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £73k to £54k (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Colwich Playgroup sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eccleshall Show Society (£54k), Castle Hill Pre-School (£54k) and Aspyre Africa (£54k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.