Hartwell Playgroup

Analysis

Hartwell Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. 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, Hartwell Playgroup reported income of £146k and spending of £133k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £61k to £146k (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Hartwell Playgroup sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Cuthberts Playgroup (£146k), St Lukes Pre-School (Rochester) (£146k) and Victoria Gems, Jewels and Treasures (£146k).