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Lordswood Community Playgroup

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1042614SouthamptonEducation and training
Income£343k2025-08-31
Spending£330ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause89th pctEducation and training
Registered2012Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Lordswood Community Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in May 2012, 14 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, Lordswood Community Playgroup reported income of £343k and spending of £330k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £217k to £343k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lordswood Community Playgroup sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wattisham Airfield Child Care Centre (£343k), Orton Longueville Playgroup (£344k) and Codebrave Foundation (£343k).

Income and spending

£0£86k£172k£258k£343k2021 Income: £217,3912021 Spending: £206,42120212022 Income: £252,7622022 Spending: £247,77620222023 Income: £270,7272023 Spending: £246,80620232024 Income: £324,1902024 Spending: £280,40720242025 Income: £343,3652025 Spending: £330,3252025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Wattisham Airfield Child Care CentreIpswich£343k
Orton Longueville PlaygroupPeterborough£344k
Codebrave FoundationBath£343k
Bretton Community Pre-SchoolPeterborough£344k