Shelswell and Fringford Playgroup

Analysis

Shelswell and Fringford Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Shelswell and Fringford Playgroup reported income of £151k and spending of £145k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £102k to £151k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Shelswell and Fringford Playgroup sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Trust (£151k), Samuels Christian Nursery (£151k) and Association for Heritage Interpretation (£151k).