Busy Beavers Playgroup

Analysis

Busy Beavers Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in May 2000, 26 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, Busy Beavers Playgroup reported income of £85k and spending of £83k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £79k to £85k (+7.3%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Busy Beavers Playgroup sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waverton Pre-School (£85k), Oil and Colour Chemists' Association (£85k) and The Lenches Pre-School (£85k).