Birstall Playgroup for Children with Additional Needs

Analysis

Birstall Playgroup for Children with Additional Needs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in January 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Birstall Playgroup for Children with Additional Needs reported income of £21k and spending of £19k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9,446 to £21k (+126%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Birstall Playgroup for Children with Additional Needs sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sandy Village Hall (£21k), Sheila Whitley Trust (£21k) and The Bishop of Birmingham's Charitable Trust (£21k).