Eastwood Community Playgroup Association

Analysis

Eastwood Community Playgroup Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leigh-On-Sea. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Eastwood Community Playgroup Association reported income of £858k and spending of £800k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £464k to £858k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Eastwood Community Playgroup Association sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evington Muslim Education Trust (£857k), Titans Community Foundation (£858k) and The Gavins Foundation (£856k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £496k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.