The Red Barn Community Playgroup

Analysis

The Red Barn Community Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Fareham. 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Red Barn Community Playgroup reported income of £179k and spending of £163k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £141k to £179k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Red Barn Community Playgroup sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Empowering Kids in Kenya (£179k), Quarndon Preschool (£179k) and Greyfriars Pre-School (£179k).