St Margaret's Playgroup (Orford)

Analysis

St Margaret's Playgroup (Orford) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warrington. It was registered in March 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, St Margaret's Playgroup (Orford) reported income of £231k and spending of £185k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £160k to £231k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St Margaret's Playgroup (Orford) sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse (£231k), Houghton Nursery Group (£231k) and Buckles and Bows Pre-School Nursery (£231k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.