Longthorpe Playgroup

Analysis

Longthorpe Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. 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.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Longthorpe Playgroup reported income of £268k and spending of £280k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £248k to £268k (+8.2%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Longthorpe Playgroup sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Evie Dove Foundation CIO (£268k), The Wish Centre Limited (£269k) and Squirrels Corner Pre-School (£268k).