Chapel Lane Playgroup

Analysis

Chapel Lane Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in February 1993, 33 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, Chapel Lane Playgroup reported income of £249k and spending of £238k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £151k to £249k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Chapel Lane Playgroup sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gosforth Pre-School (Dronfield) (£249k), The Hullbridge Pre-School (£249k) and Little Oaks Pre-School (£249k).