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Buttercups Pre-School

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1169880NorfolkEducation and training
Income£124k2025-08-31
Spending£105ksame year
Spent / received89%5-year average
Size in its cause78th pctEducation and training
Registered2016CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Buttercups Pre-School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in October 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 advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Buttercups Pre-School reported income of £124k and spending of £105k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £66k to £124k (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Buttercups Pre-School sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% 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 Up Up and Away Pre School Great Waltham (£124k), St Peter's Playscheme (£124k) and Somerset Beekeepers Association (£124k).

Income and spending

£0£31k£62k£93k£124k2021 Income: £65,6482021 Spending: £57,33420212022 Income: £69,0272022 Spending: £66,45120222023 Income: £74,2632023 Spending: £72,74620232024 Income: £94,0042024 Spending: £79,14220242025 Income: £124,0512025 Spending: £104,8002025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Buttercups provides pre-schooling for children from the age of 2 to school age. It operates term time only for 29 hours per week from the Village Meeting Place in North Runcton.

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Up Up and Away Pre School Great WalthamChelmsford£124k
St Peter's PlayschemeWrexham£124k
Somerset Beekeepers AssociationSomerset£124k
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