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Litcham and District Playgroup

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1087935NorfolkEducation and training
Income£198k2025-03-31
Spending£219ksame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause85th pctEducation and training
Registered2001Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending March 2025, Litcham and District Playgroup reported income of £198k and spending of £219k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £139k to £198k (+42%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Litcham and District Playgroup sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bishopdown Farm Community Pre-School and Farm Friends (£198k), Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) Officers' Mess (£198k) and Bolton-Le-Sands Playgroup and Toddlers (£198k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.

Income and spending

£0£55k£110k£165k£219k2021 Income: £139,1272021 Spending: £121,34420212022 Income: £149,5712022 Spending: £137,08120222023 Income: £155,4362023 Spending: £157,43920232024 Income: £183,8852024 Spending: £172,74720242025 Income: £198,2062025 Spending: £219,3352025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The object of the trust is to provide full childcare to all children between the ages of 2 to 14 and to advance the education of children below compulsory school age in Litcham and the surrounding district.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Bishopdown Farm Community Pre-School and Farm FriendsSalisbury£198k
Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) Officers' MessLondon£198k
Bolton-Le-Sands Playgroup and ToddlersLancashire£198k
Hatfield Heath Pre-School AssociationHertfordshire£198k