Little Owls Preschool (Boxted)

Analysis

Little Owls Preschool (Boxted) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in May 2009, 17 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 06870915). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Little Owls Preschool (Boxted) reported income of £214k and spending of £184k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £149k to £214k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Little Owls Preschool (Boxted) sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Modbury Pre-School (£214k), Tenacres Little Folks Play Group (£214k) and The Chatterbox Club Limited (£214k).