Poppets Pre-School (Little Wakering)

Analysis

Poppets Pre-School (Little Wakering) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in December 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 08263465). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Poppets Pre-School (Little Wakering) reported income of £119k and spending of £95k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £46k to £119k (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Poppets Pre-School (Little Wakering) sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catherington Nursery (£119k), Llanddulas Playgroup Nursery (£119k) and Chipping Sodbury Pre-School (£119k).