Barcombe Playgroup

Analysis

Barcombe Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lewes. It was registered in November 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 July 2025, Barcombe Playgroup reported income of £95k and spending of £85k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £70k to £95k (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Barcombe Playgroup sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingsland Nursery Group (£95k), Whitewell Pre School Group (£95k) and David Simon Levin Foundation (£95k).