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Pirton Pre-School

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1139758HitchinEducation and training
Income£170k2025-08-31
Spending£192ksame year
Spent / received106%5-year average
Size in its cause83rd pctEducation and training
Registered2011Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Pirton Pre-School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in January 2011, 15 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 07407356). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Pirton Pre-School reported income of £170k and spending of £192k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £137k to £170k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Pirton Pre-School 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 The Moore Hall Playschool Ltd (£170k), St Michaels Pre-School (£170k) and Hawley Memorial Hall Pre-School (£170k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£49k£99k£148k£198k2021 Income: £136,5432021 Spending: £141,65020212022 Income: £153,3642022 Spending: £154,29920222023 Income: £176,2372023 Spending: £186,17820232024 Income: £190,5742024 Spending: £197,63220242025 Income: £169,9312025 Spending: £192,3212025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The objectives of the Charity are carried out by the Trustees through the following activities:a) Providing the setting and equipment and engaging staffb) Raising money to pay for the preschool's activities through fundraising eventsc) Making such payments as necessaryd) Fixing and collecting fees payable in respect of children attending sessions or events run by the preschool

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Moore Hall Playschool LtdAndover£170k
St Michaels Pre-SchoolPeterborough£170k
Hawley Memorial Hall Pre-SchoolSurrey£170k
Collingbourne Pre-School GroupMarlborough£170k