Whitsers Pre-School Playgroup

Analysis

Whitsers Pre-School Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in February 2016, 10 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 July 2025, Whitsers Pre-School Playgroup reported income of £83k and spending of £85k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £64k to £83k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Whitsers Pre-School Playgroup sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sunshines Pre-School (£83k), Holgate Pre-School (£83k) and Romsey District Scout Council (£83k).

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.