Gingerbread Cottage Playgroup

Analysis

Gingerbread Cottage Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in June 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gingerbread Cottage Playgroup reported income of £947k and spending of £908k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £899k to £947k (+5.4%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 17%. 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, Gingerbread Cottage Playgroup sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wem Playmates Nursery (£946k), Highbury Community Nursery (£947k) and Restore the Music UK (£945k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.