Hodnet Pre-School Playgroup

Analysis

Hodnet Pre-School Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Market Drayton. It was registered in October 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Hodnet Pre-School Playgroup reported income of £93k and spending of £94k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £51k to £93k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Hodnet Pre-School Playgroup sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The European Journal of International Law (£93k), St Johns Playgroup (Southwark) (£93k) and Yealmpton Pre-School (£93k).