Middle Barton Preschool

Analysis

Middle Barton Preschool is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chipping Norton. It was registered in September 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Middle Barton Preschool reported income of £110k and spending of £112k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £65k to £110k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Middle Barton Preschool sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% 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 Hardwick in Partnership Ltd (£109k), The Penrith Agricultural Society (£110k) and Hersden Under Fives Project (£108k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.