Ladybird Playgroup

Analysis

Ladybird Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. 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 human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ladybird Playgroup reported income of £93k and spending of £97k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £76k to £93k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ladybird Playgroup sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catsfield Under Fives Playgroup (£93k), Salford Life Long Learning (U3a) (£93k) and The St Peter's South Weald School Association (£93k).

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.