Sandcastles Playgroup

Analysis

Sandcastles Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tiverton. 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 August 2025, Sandcastles Playgroup reported income of £508k and spending of £492k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £374k to £508k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sandcastles Playgroup sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxford Conservation Consortium (£506k), Milby Nursery & Kids Club (£508k) and The James Reckitt Library Endowment (£506k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £123k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.