Cherry Tree Pre-School Playgroup

Analysis

Cherry Tree Pre-School Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04802775). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Cherry Tree Pre-School Playgroup reported income of £44k and spending of £49k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £49k to £44k (-8.8%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cherry Tree Pre-School Playgroup sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Joseph Fattorini Charitable Trust (£44k), Mary Dean's School Foundation (£44k) and The Neonatal Society (£44k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.