Forest Bears Playgroup

Analysis

Forest Bears Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bordon. It was registered in December 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Forest Bears Playgroup reported income of £139k and spending of £127k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £63k to £139k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 44%. 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, Forest Bears 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 Our Moon Education (£139k), The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Fund (£139k) and Puddleducks Pre-School (Worksop) (£139k).