Acorn Playgroup and Pre-School

Analysis

Acorn Playgroup and Pre-School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Welwyn. It was registered in April 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, Acorn Playgroup and Pre-School reported income of £177k and spending of £169k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £166k to £177k (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. 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, Acorn Playgroup and Pre-School sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cashes Green Playgroup (£177k), Monte San Martino Trust (£177k) and Abacus Pre-School (£177k).