Wheatcroft Playgroup

Analysis

Wheatcroft Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scarborough. 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 and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Wheatcroft Playgroup reported income of £126k and spending of £119k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £92k to £126k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Wheatcroft Playgroup sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Trannon (£126k), Halstead Nursery (£127k) and Foundry Lane Pre-School Playgroup (£126k).