Bunyan Playgroup

Analysis

Bunyan Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in June 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, Bunyan Playgroup reported income of £174k and spending of £178k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £114k to £174k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 22%. 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, Bunyan 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 Steeple Aston Pre-School (£174k), Isleworth Blue School Educational Foundation (£174k) and Clifton Village Nursery (£174k).