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The Wonder Years Pre-School & Extended School Facility CIO

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1155664YorkEducation and training
Income£338k2025-08-31
Spending£309ksame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause89th pctEducation and training
Registered2014CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Wonder Years Pre-School & Extended School Facility CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Wonder Years Pre-School & Extended School Facility CIO reported income of £338k and spending of £309k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £231k to £338k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Wonder Years Pre-School & Extended School Facility CIO sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Social Mobility Business Partnership (£338k), Wood Green Fatih Community Centre (£338k) and Burwell Early Learners CIO (£338k).

Income and spending

£0£91k£182k£273k£363k2021 Income: £230,9832021 Spending: £206,40520212022 Income: £229,5492022 Spending: £255,65620222023 Income: £306,3832023 Spending: £254,96620232024 Income: £309,6942024 Spending: £363,48020242025 Income: £338,2372025 Spending: £309,1852025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Founded in 1971, The Wonder Years is a non-profit making educational & childcare charity run by a committee of volunteers, Ofsted registered and affiliated to the PSLA. Committed to providing quality experiences for children aged from 0-11 years, within a learning and play environment which is welcoming as well as being safe, organised and purposeful, providing equality of opportunity for all.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Social Mobility Business PartnershipLondon£338k
Wood Green Fatih Community CentreLondon£338k
Burwell Early Learners CIOCambridge£338k
York Music HubYork£338k