St John's Green Playgroup Ltd

Analysis

St John's Green Playgroup Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in June 2012, 14 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 07301384). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St John's Green Playgroup Ltd reported income of £188k and spending of £197k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £126k to £188k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, St John's Green Playgroup Ltd sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Nicholas Pre-School Playgroup - Hurst (£188k), Cholsey Pre-School (£188k) and Busy Bees Childcare Centre (£188k).

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.