Plaistow Play School

Analysis

Plaistow Play School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in June 1966, 60 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, Plaistow Play School reported income of £170k and spending of £115k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £69k to £170k (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Plaistow Play School sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clavering & Arkesden Preschool (£170k), The Ilminster Educational Foundation (£170k) and Cardiff Educational Endowment Trust (£170k).