High Cross Playgroup

Analysis

High Cross Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2007, 19 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, High Cross Playgroup reported income of £54k and spending of £68k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £53k to £54k (+1.5%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, High Cross Playgroup sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Prestbury Scout Group (£54k), U.w.c. Great Britain Limited (£54k) and Help2read (£54k).

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.