Walthamstow Toy Library and Play Centre

Analysis

Walthamstow Toy Library and Play Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 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 services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Walthamstow Toy Library and Play Centre reported income of £254k and spending of £288k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £90k to £254k (+181%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Walthamstow Toy Library and Play Centre 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 Lydlynch Pre-School Limited (£254k), Sandhurst Station Nursery Group (£254k) and Cranmer Preschool (£253k).