First Steps Community Playgroup

Analysis

First Steps Community Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in June 1993, 33 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 August 2025, First Steps Community Playgroup reported income of £209k and spending of £185k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £108k to £209k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, First Steps Community Playgroup sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swallows Under 5's Playgroup (£209k), Fordham Preschool (£209k) and Zelda School (£209k).