Royston Methodist Playgroup

Analysis

Royston Methodist Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Royston Methodist Playgroup reported income of £121k and spending of £142k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £97k to £121k (+26%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 10247%. 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, Royston Methodist 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 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Mary's Nursery Ashford (£121k), The Society of Dairy Technology (£121k) and The Community Pre-School (£121k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.