Gissing Children's Centre - a Community Pre-School

Analysis

Gissing Children's Centre - a Community Pre-School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Diss. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Gissing Children's Centre - a Community Pre-School reported income of £190k and spending of £201k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £133k to £190k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Gissing Children's Centre - a Community Pre-School sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chesham Grammar School Fund (£190k), Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society (£191k) and The Harding Trust (£190k).