The Church Hall Playgroup (Bishop's Waltham)

Analysis

The Church Hall Playgroup (Bishop's Waltham) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. 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 August 2025, The Church Hall Playgroup (Bishop's Waltham) reported income of £196k and spending of £215k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £122k to £196k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Church Hall Playgroup (Bishop's Waltham) sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mere Green 0-5 (£196k), Kipling Lions Pre-School (£196k) and The British Society of Aesthetics (£196k).