Crescent Playgroup

Analysis

Crescent Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St. Albans. It was registered in July 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 October 2025, Crescent Playgroup reported income of £145k and spending of £120k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £36k to £145k (+303%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Crescent Playgroup sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pembury School House Nursery (£144k), Wwoof (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) (£145k) and The Reading List Foundation (£144k).