Buttercups Community Pre-School

Analysis

Buttercups Community Pre-School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in June 2021, 5 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, Buttercups Community Pre-School reported income of £171k and spending of £134k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2025, income grew from £125k to £171k (+37%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Buttercups Community Pre-School sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clifton College Development Trust (£171k), The Meditation Trust (£171k) and Shropshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs (£171k).