Preston Brook Playgroup

Analysis

Preston Brook Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Runcorn. It was registered in May 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, Preston Brook Playgroup reported income of £180k and spending of £152k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £107k to £180k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Preston Brook Playgroup sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Paviors' Charity (£180k), Sacred Heart High School Hammersmith Parent Teacher and Friends' Association (£180k) and Grappenhall Pre-School (£180k).