Moorside Preschool

Analysis

Moorside Preschool is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in September 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, Moorside Preschool reported income of £119k and spending of £153k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £83k to £119k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Moorside Preschool sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cromwell District Scout Council (£119k), Bedingfield's Trust (£119k) and St Anne's Playgroup (Harlow Green) (£119k).