Northleach Playgroup

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending June 2025, Northleach Playgroup reported income of £72k and spending of £73k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £63k to £72k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Northleach Playgroup sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of St Mary Abbots School (£72k), St James' Preschool (Petts Wood) (£72k) and Lydiard Millicent After School Club (£72k).

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.