Newstead Road Playgroup

Analysis

Newstead Road Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Newstead Road Playgroup reported income of £97k and spending of £110k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £104k to £97k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 41%. 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, Newstead Road Playgroup sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gunness and Burringham Pre-School Playgroup (£97k), Woodlands Childcare (£97k) and Bolton Under Fives Forum (£97k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.