Blue Coat Pre-School Unit and Busy Bees

Analysis

Blue Coat Pre-School Unit and Busy Bees is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in June 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 March 2025, Blue Coat Pre-School Unit and Busy Bees reported income of £368k and spending of £353k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £124k to £368k (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Blue Coat Pre-School Unit and Busy Bees sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birchfield Independent Girls School (£368k), HDSK (£368k) and Birkenhead School Foundation Trust (£367k).