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Happy Faces Playgroup

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1029688HampshireEducation and training
Income£158k2025-08-31
Spending£175ksame year
Spent / received97%5-year average
Size in its cause82nd pctEducation and training
Registered1993Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Happy Faces Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. 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, Happy Faces Playgroup reported income of £158k and spending of £175k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £133k to £158k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Happy Faces Playgroup sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abc Nursery School Limited (£158k), Little Frogs Pre School (£158k) and East of England and East Midlands Regional Youth Work Unit (£158k).

Income and spending

£0£44k£87k£131k£175k2021 Income: £133,4032021 Spending: £111,78920212022 Income: £146,2752022 Spending: £125,93620222023 Income: £149,1872023 Spending: £130,54020232024 Income: £147,7432024 Spending: £168,13320242025 Income: £157,7382025 Spending: £174,6362025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Pre-school for children aged 2 years to school age

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Abc Nursery School LimitedChesterfield£158k
Little Frogs Pre SchoolTorrington£158k
East of England and East Midlands Regional Youth Work UnitC/o Essex Boys and Girls Clubs£158k
Highfield Community Pre-SchoolKeighley£158k