Chestnut Playgroup

Analysis

Chestnut Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in February 2002, 24 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, Chestnut Playgroup reported income of £132k and spending of £144k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £114k to £132k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Chestnut Playgroup sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Conway Merchant Navy Trust (£132k), Holland Park Pre-School (£132k) and Little Oaks Pre-School-Stoke Ferry (£132k).