Buxton Playgroup

Analysis

Buxton Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in February 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Buxton Playgroup reported income of £80k and spending of £91k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £70k to £80k (+15%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Buxton Playgroup sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leicester Unit 211 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£80k), Norfolk SEN Network (£81k) and Great Finborough & Buxhall Under 5's (£80k).