THE LONDON EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 299686 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESTMINSTER CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

Latest income

£37.2m

Latest spending

£36.4m

Registered

1988

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£37.2m

Total spending

£36.4m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

941

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (26/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Anthony Roy Perkins
Anu Vishwas Sarkar
James Peter Hicks
Kirsty Reed
MICHAEL THOMAS GARSTKA
Ravi Verma
Soumya Sarah Sowani Holliday
Wajeha Qureshi

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£37.2m	£36.4m
31/03/2024	£32.1m	£32.5m
31/03/2023	£29.0m	£29.4m
31/03/2022	£27.1m	£27.0m
31/03/2021	£22.2m	£22.2m

Common questions

Who funds THE LONDON EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LONDON EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION, THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION, THE GREATER SHARE FOUNDATION, SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST, THE ALAN AND SHEILA DIAMOND CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION	FY2022	£440k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	FY2024	£100k
THE GREATER SHARE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£68k
SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST	FY2024	£59k
THE ALAN AND SHEILA DIAMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
The Ethos Foundation	FY2023	£10k
The Aurelia Foundation	FY2023	£4k
THE ANCASTER TRUST	FY2023	£200

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	25/03/2022	£125k	Transforming Early Childhood: Join us to Tackle Education Inequalities in London