Bicester Garrison (Tiddlywinks) Playgroup

Analysis

Bicester Garrison (Tiddlywinks) Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bicester. 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 March 2025, Bicester Garrison (Tiddlywinks) Playgroup reported income of £260k and spending of £229k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £115k to £260k (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bicester Garrison (Tiddlywinks) Playgroup sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include William Palmer College Educational Trust (£260k), Run with It (£260k) and Connected Lives (£260k).