Freda's Community Playgroup and Pre-School CIO

Analysis

Freda's Community Playgroup and Pre-School CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in December 2019, 7 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, Freda's Community Playgroup and Pre-School CIO reported income of £476k and spending of £323k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £118k to £476k (+305%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Freda's Community Playgroup and Pre-School CIO sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wooden Tops Day Nursery Ltd (£476k), Minster Playgroup (£476k) and Cranbrook School Trust (£475k).