Cowling Preschool and Toddlers Limited

Analysis

Cowling Preschool and Toddlers Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. 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 07701949). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cowling Preschool and Toddlers Limited reported income of £64k and spending of £91k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £81k to £64k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Cowling Preschool and Toddlers Limited sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Footprints Pre-School Playgroup (£64k), Swinton Playgroup (£64k) and Peter Pan Pre-School Fleckney (£64k).

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.