Ladybirds Playgroup (Ticehurst)

Analysis

Ladybirds Playgroup (Ticehurst) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ladybirds Playgroup (Ticehurst) reported income of £727k and spending of £503k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £391k to £727k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ladybirds Playgroup (Ticehurst) sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sue Lambert Trust (£725k), Committee on Publication Ethics (£729k) and Cylch Meithrin Seren Fach (£725k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £356k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.