Busy Otters Preschool

Analysis

Busy Otters Preschool is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ottery St Mary. It was registered in March 2018, 8 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 July 2025, Busy Otters Preschool reported income of £192k and spending of £176k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £113k to £192k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Busy Otters Preschool sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Muslim Schools UK (£191k), Grasshopper Club (£192k) and New End School Association (£191k).