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Little Drummers Preschool

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1020274SouthamptonEducation and training
Income£163k2025-08-31
Spending£144ksame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctEducation and training
Registered1993Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Little Drummers Preschool is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Little Drummers Preschool reported income of £163k and spending of £144k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £77k to £163k (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 41%. 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, Little Drummers Preschool sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barns Green Playgroup (£163k), Nailsworth Playgroup (£163k) and Blackdown District Scout Council (£163k).

Income and spending

£0£41k£81k£122k£163k2021 Income: £77,1932021 Spending: £87,87720212022 Income: £109,1152022 Spending: £107,24620222023 Income: £111,0392023 Spending: £118,14120232024 Income: £142,4602024 Spending: £131,43620242025 Income: £162,7742025 Spending: £143,5582025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Little Drummers is a pre-school offering care for children age two years to school age. Our aim is to provide good quality child care for children in our local community as we believe we are the foundation of children's future learning.

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