Busy Bees Childcare Centre

Analysis

Busy Bees Childcare Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saffron Walden. It was registered in April 1997, 29 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 February 2026, Busy Bees Childcare Centre reported income of £188k and spending of £161k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £99k to £188k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Busy Bees Childcare Centre sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Quest for Learning (£188k), St Nicholas Pre-School Playgroup - Hurst (£188k) and Bromley District Scout Council (£188k).