First Steps Playgroup

Analysis

First Steps Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in May 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 2022, First Steps Playgroup reported income of £138k and spending of £137k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2022, income grew from £124k to £138k (+11%), an average of +11% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, First Steps Playgroup sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4th Streatham (Princess Marie Louise's Own) Sea Scout Group (£137k), Mells Nursery (£138k) and Pinner Parish Preschool (£137k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years. The register marks this charity as being in administration.