Acorn Centre Playgroup

Analysis

Acorn Centre Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. 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 services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Acorn Centre Playgroup reported income of £101k and spending of £103k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £85k to £101k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Acorn Centre Playgroup sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stanton Drew and Pensford Pre-School Playgroup (£101k), Cylch Meithrin Aberystwyth (£101k) and Risley Educational Foundation (£101k).