Clavering & Arkesden Preschool

Analysis

Clavering & Arkesden Preschool is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in November 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 06946102). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Clavering & Arkesden Preschool reported income of £170k and spending of £145k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £109k to £170k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Clavering & Arkesden Preschool sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cardiff Educational Endowment Trust (£170k), Plaistow Play School (£170k) and King William Playgroup (£169k).