Silkstone Playgroup

Analysis

Silkstone Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in June 1988, 38 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 July 2025, Silkstone Playgroup reported income of £160k and spending of £168k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £145k to £160k (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Silkstone Playgroup sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carver Road Playgroup (£160k), Cylch Meithrin Llanfairpwll (£160k) and Cylch Meithrin Felinfoel (£160k).