Busy Bees Pre-School Playgroup

Analysis

Busy Bees Pre-School Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wellingborough. It was registered in February 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 provides services.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Busy Bees Pre-School Playgroup reported income of £44k and spending of £53k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £84k to £44k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2024, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Busy Bees Pre-School Playgroup sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Dinas Llanwnda (£44k), Slough Islamic School Project (£44k) and Mary Dean's School Foundation (£44k).