Busy Bees Pre-School (Dibden Purlieu)

Analysis

Busy Bees Pre-School (Dibden Purlieu) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. 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, Busy Bees Pre-School (Dibden Purlieu) reported income of £31k and spending of £32k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £44k to £31k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 (Dibden Purlieu) sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Pencader (£31k), Bernards Heath School Parent Teacher Association (£31k) and Friends of Wheatfields Infants and Nursery School (£31k).