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Busy Bees Playgroup (Littleport)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1020127CambridgeshireEducation and training
Income£146k2025-07-31
Spending£131ksame year
Spent / received89%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctEducation and training
Registered1993Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Busy Bees Playgroup (Littleport) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in April 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 July 2025, Busy Bees Playgroup (Littleport) reported income of £146k and spending of £131k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £104k to £146k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Busy Bees Playgroup (Littleport) sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Andrews Preschool Caversham (£146k), The Rahula Trust (£146k) and West Stow Saxon Village Trust (£146k).

Income and spending

£0£37k£73k£110k£147k2021 Income: £103,5422021 Spending: £86,40320212022 Income: £113,6702022 Spending: £97,67220222023 Income: £119,8632023 Spending: £133,80520232024 Income: £146,6302024 Spending: £111,81720242025 Income: £145,7162025 Spending: £130,9872025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

PRESCHOOL FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 2 YEARS AND STARTING SCHOOL.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
St Andrews Preschool CavershamReading£146k
The Rahula TrustHemel Hempstead£146k
West Stow Saxon Village TrustBury St Edmunds£146k
Ascott - Under - Wychwood Pre - SchoolOxon£146k