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Sweet Peas Pre-School CIO

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1172751BedfordEducation and training
Income£262k2025-08-31
Spending£284ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause87th pctEducation and training
Registered2017CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Sweet Peas Pre-School CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in April 2017, 9 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, Sweet Peas Pre-School CIO reported income of £262k and spending of £284k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £176k to £262k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sweet Peas Pre-School CIO sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bridgnorth Endowed School Fund Association (£261k), Cullompton Pre-School (£262k) and Rougham Acorns and Woodlands Limited (£261k).

Income and spending

£0£71k£142k£213k£284k2021 Income: £175,6642021 Spending: £175,66420212022 Income: £167,3882022 Spending: £167,38820222023 Income: £249,9042023 Spending: £185,35920232024 Income: £245,2122024 Spending: £214,40020242025 Income: £261,9722025 Spending: £284,3102025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Sweet Peas Pre-School CIO is an OFSTED registered childcare setting for children aged 2 to 4 years, term time only. Sweet Peas provides an early years education with a dedicated team of professionals. We accept government funded childcare for children from aged 2 and are an inclusive setting. Sweet Peas has served Wootton and the surrounding villages since 1972 previously know as Bizzy Bees.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Bridgnorth Endowed School Fund AssociationBridgnorth£261k
Cullompton Pre-SchoolCullompton£262k
Rougham Acorns and Woodlands LimitedSuffolk£261k
The Publishing Training Centre FoundationLondon£263k