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Barbican Playgroup and Mothers and Toddlers Group

RegisteredRegistered charity number 273750London Ec2Education and training
Income£64k2025-08-31
Spending£69ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause69th pctEducation and training
Registered1977Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Barbican Playgroup and Mothers and Toddlers Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London Ec2. It was registered in May 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Barbican Playgroup and Mothers and Toddlers Group reported income of £64k and spending of £69k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £97k to £64k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Barbican Playgroup and Mothers and Toddlers Group sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saltney Small Steps (£64k), The Friends of St Monica's School (£64k) and Friends of Streatham and Clapham High School (£64k).

Income and spending

£0£24k£48k£73k£97k2021 Income: £96,9822021 Spending: £69,68320212022 Income: £65,2662022 Spending: £69,40320222023 Income: £95,2232023 Spending: £80,54220232024 Income: £68,0872024 Spending: £79,00720242025 Income: £64,0082025 Spending: £69,4192025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Awarded charitable status in 1977, the Barbican Playgroup provides a pre-school playgroup for up to 28 children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 5 who live or work in the City of London. Playgroup sessions run parallel to normal school terms, Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 1.00pm, with extended afternoon sessions to 2.45pm for older children on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for older children.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Saltney Small StepsChester£64k
The Friends of St Monica's SchoolLondon£64k
Friends of Streatham and Clapham High SchoolLondon£64k
Parents and Friends of Emmanuel SchoolLondon£64k