Highway Playdays

Analysis

Highway Playdays is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Deeside. It was registered in November 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 other finance and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Highway Playdays reported income of £105k and spending of £104k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £94k to £105k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 27%. 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, Highway Playdays sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Poultry Science Ltd (£105k), Moreton in Marsh Pre-School Playgroup (£105k) and Little Snoring Pre-School (£105k).