Puffins Pre-School

Analysis

Puffins Pre-School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. 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 July 2025, Puffins Pre-School reported income of £151k and spending of £125k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £99k to £151k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 34%. 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, Puffins Pre-School 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 South Bretton Pre-School (£151k), Great Bowden Pre-School (£151k) and City of London Freemen's School Bursary Fund (£151k).