Woodchester Playgroup

Analysis

Woodchester Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stroud. It was registered in October 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Woodchester Playgroup reported income of £100k and spending of £87k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £67k to £100k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Woodchester Playgroup sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Oxfordshire District Scout Council (£100k), Tisbury Pre-School (£100k) and Whitchurch Pre-School CIO (£100k).