Epsom Downs Playgroup

Analysis

Epsom Downs Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 1994, 32 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2024, Epsom Downs Playgroup reported income of £61k and spending of £58k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to November 2024, income grew from £61k to £61k (+0.5%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Epsom Downs Playgroup sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Potton Primary School Fund (£61k), Frittenden Preschool (£61k) and The Layzell Bures Charity (£61k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.