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Slip End Playgroup

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1029599LutonEducation and training
Income£153k2025-08-31
Spending£143ksame year
Spent / received92%5-year average
Size in its cause81st pctEducation and training
Registered1993Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Slip End Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Luton. 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 services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Slip End Playgroup reported income of £153k and spending of £143k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to August 2025, income grew from £80k to £153k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 156%. 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, Slip End Playgroup sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Eltham Pre-School (£153k), Heath Barn Pre-School (£153k) and Berriew Preschool and Toddler Group (£153k).

Income and spending

£0£38k£76k£115k£153k2022 Income: £79,5862022 Spending: £79,59520222023 Income: £74,9292023 Spending: £68,98820232023 Income: £46,3102023 Spending: £43,35420232024 Income: £118,7522024 Spending: £100,00820242025 Income: £152,9222025 Spending: £143,1832025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To provide full time education and learning through play for 1 to 5 year olds in the year before they begin foundation stage education.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Royal Eltham Pre-SchoolLondon£153k
Heath Barn Pre-SchoolLeighton Buzzard£153k
Berriew Preschool and Toddler GroupWelshpool£153k
St Dominics PlaygroupReading£153k