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Boughton Monchelsea Playgroup Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1037839MaidstoneEducation and training
Income£326k2025-07-31
Spending£300ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause89th pctEducation and training
Registered1994Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Boughton Monchelsea Playgroup Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. 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 July 2025, Boughton Monchelsea Playgroup Association reported income of £326k and spending of £300k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £208k to £326k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Boughton Monchelsea Playgroup Association sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts 'adopt a School' Trust (£326k), A S Hornby Educational Trust CIO (£326k) and Pettman (Classical Music) Foundation (£325k).

Income and spending

£0£81k£163k£244k£326k2021 Income: £208,0002021 Spending: £199,33920212022 Income: £231,5822022 Spending: £227,98120222023 Income: £293,1962023 Spending: £257,37620232024 Income: £291,2692024 Spending: £273,46120242025 Income: £325,8522025 Spending: £300,2572025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Looking after pre-school aged children

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The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts 'adopt a School' TrustLondon£326k
A S Hornby Educational Trust CIOEssex£326k
Pettman (Classical Music) FoundationKeighley£325k
Gayton Goslings Daycare CentreNorfolk£326k