Platform 3 Pre-School Playgroup

Analysis

Platform 3 Pre-School Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. 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 services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Platform 3 Pre-School Playgroup reported income of £115k and spending of £129k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £89k to £115k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Platform 3 Pre-School Playgroup sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Urchfont Pre-School CIO (£115k), BM Asset Management Limited (£115k) and Great Tew Pre School (£115k).