Dragonflies Pre-School CIO

Analysis

Dragonflies Pre-School CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dragonflies Pre-School CIO reported income of £127k and spending of £123k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £102k to £127k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Dragonflies Pre-School CIO sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% 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 Curlew Recovery South Lakes (£126k), Our Food Trust (£127k) and Somerset Wildlands (£125k).