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Sandbrook Community Playgroup Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 278929LondonEducation and training
Income£238k2025-03-31
Spending£181ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause87th pctEducation and training
Registered1979Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Sandbrook Community Playgroup Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01271562). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sandbrook Community Playgroup Limited reported income of £238k and spending of £181k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £191k to £238k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 17%. 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, Sandbrook Community Playgroup Limited sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blundeston Pre-School (£238k), St Marys Pre-School Playgroup (£238k) and Little Acorns Bersted Green (£237k).

Income and spending

£0£60k£120k£180k£240k2021 Income: £191,2352021 Spending: £180,67720212022 Income: £199,7562022 Spending: £211,50520222023 Income: £200,1382023 Spending: £239,66520232024 Income: £234,0022024 Spending: £188,26520242025 Income: £237,6822025 Spending: £181,4172025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Educates children from 2 years 9 months to 5 as per curriculum. All staff and trustees are CRB checked.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Blundeston Pre-SchoolLowestoft£238k
St Marys Pre-School PlaygroupBromley£238k
Little Acorns Bersted GreenBognor Regis£237k
Saint Jerome's Pre-School PlaygroupLiverpool£238k