St Johns Playgroup (Cinderford)

Analysis

St Johns Playgroup (Cinderford) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cinderford. It was registered in January 1996, 30 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, St Johns Playgroup (Cinderford) reported income of £209k and spending of £243k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £106k to £209k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 37%. 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, St Johns Playgroup (Cinderford) sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Foundation (£209k), Wilford Village Playgroup (£210k) and The Claude Jessett Trust Company (£209k).