Kingsway Playgroup

Analysis

Kingsway Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Westcliff-on-Sea. It was registered in August 1985, 41 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, Kingsway Playgroup reported income of £197k and spending of £171k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £151k to £197k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Kingsway Playgroup sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Phoenix Detached Youth Project (£197k), Ashridge Nursery CIO (£197k) and GSSC Limited (£197k).