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Herrick Playgroup

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1027218LeicesterEducation and training
Income£13k2022-03-31
Spending£74ksame year
Spent / received89%2-year average
Size in its cause43rd pctEducation and training
Registered1993Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Herrick Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in October 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 March 2022, Herrick Playgroup reported income of £13k and spending of £74k, spending 548% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2022, income fell from £97k to £13k (-86%), an average of -86% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 86%. 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, Herrick Playgroup sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Silsoe Lower School Parent Teacher Association (£13k), British Anaesthetic and Recovery Nurses Association (£14k) and Willow Bank Infant School Association (£13k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.

Income and spending

£0£24k£48k£73k£97k2021 Income: £96,8582021 Spending: £24,78820212022 Income: £13,4952022 Spending: £73,8972022
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Herrick Playgroup provides affordable childcare in the form of a playgroup for under 5s and we also have wraparound care for nursery age children. We also run a playscheme for 4 weeks in summer and a Breakfast and After School Club for 4-11 year olds of Herrick Primary School, on whose grounds we operate from a purpose built mobile.

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