The Caterpillar Club

Analysis

The Caterpillar Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ferndown. It was registered in October 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 December 2025, The Caterpillar Club reported income of £158k and spending of £180k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £87k to £158k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Caterpillar Club sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stanton Parents and Under Fives (£158k), Knutsford Community Pre-School (£158k) and Swallownest Playgroup (£158k).