Spetisbury and Charlton Marshall Playgroup

Analysis

Spetisbury and Charlton Marshall Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in July 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, Spetisbury and Charlton Marshall Playgroup reported income of £198k and spending of £184k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £89k to £198k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 30%. 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, Spetisbury and Charlton Marshall Playgroup sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% 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 The Anthony Roper Pre-School and Kindergarten (£197k), Perry Foundation (£198k) and Ashton Green Pre School & Out of School Club (£197k).