Swallownest Playgroup

Analysis

Swallownest Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Swallownest Playgroup reported income of £158k and spending of £160k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £110k to £158k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Swallownest Playgroup sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Studley College Trust (£158k), Stanton Parents and Under Fives (£158k) and Highfield Community Pre-School (£158k).

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.