Alton Community Playschool

Analysis

Alton Community Playschool is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2004, 22 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 05097495). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Alton Community Playschool reported income of £391k and spending of £400k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £300k to £391k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Alton Community Playschool 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 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lanivet & District Under Fives (£391k), Tiptree Pre-School Playgroup (£391k) and Our Lady's Catholic High School Fund (£391k).

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.