Oakfield Playgroup

Analysis

Oakfield Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in April 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 December 2025, Oakfield Playgroup reported income of £57k and spending of £51k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £47k to £57k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Oakfield Playgroup sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shollond Trust (£57k), Ivegill Nursery (£57k) and Ownership at Work (£57k).