Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup

Analysis

Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. 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 services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup reported income of £217k and spending of £198k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £149k to £217k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2025, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peter Pan Playgroup (£217k), Chestnuts Playgroup (Haringey) (£217k) and Cylch Meithrin Dolgellau (£217k).