Magic Box Playgroup

Analysis

Magic Box Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. 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 August 2025, Magic Box Playgroup reported income of £82k and spending of £92k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £45k to £82k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Magic Box Playgroup sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elm Road Pre-School Playgroup (£82k), Twyford Playgroup (£82k) and Poole District Scout Council (£82k).