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The London Early Years Foundation

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-299686 .
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Description

The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) is one of the UK's largest charitable social enterprises with a social purpose of 'changing the world one child at a time'. We achieve our social purpose by giving London's children aged 0-5 years the best start in life through the highest quality Early Years Education and Care, especially those who otherwise may not be able to access or afford it.

Also known as

  • The London Early Years Foundation
  • London Early Years Foundation
  • The London Early Years Foundation
  • London Early Years Foundation (LEYF)
  • The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF)
  • Westminster Children's Society

CCEW Charity number

299686

Company number

02228978

Registered

Postcode

SW1P 4LX

Website

leyf.org.uk

Domain

leyf.org.uk

Latest income

£29,040,275 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The London Early Years Foundation

GB-CHC-299686

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Area of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

The London Early Years Foundation

GB-CHC-299686

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-299686 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 299686 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

The London Early Years Foundation

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Last updated 2024-05-18

The London Early Years Foundation

GB-CHC-299686

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Child and youth services D11

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
  • Beneficiary group BE » Young children BE114
  • Economic and community development EC » Social enterprise EC106
  • Education ED

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306

Scale of operation

  • Regional

The London Early Years Foundation

GB-CHC-299686

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1988-03-31 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 2,814,562 2,802,197
2005-03-31 3,167,332 2,935,848
2006-03-31 5,907,069 4,659,166
2007-03-31 5,562,379 4,952,853
2008-03-31 5,816,906 5,495,236
2009-03-31 6,576,898 6,465,523
2010-03-31 7,197,125 7,423,197
2011-03-31 8,241,968 8,234,821
2012-03-31 8,189,928 8,490,944
2013-03-31 9,037,329 9,539,647
2014-03-31 10,568,992 10,992,825
2015-03-31 12,311,471 12,498,613
2016-03-31 14,814,489 15,311,545
2017-03-31 18,336,086 19,092,609
2018-03-31 20,066,705 19,449,127
2019-03-31 21,925,896 21,520,203
2020-03-31 24,917,792 24,035,882
2021-03-31 22,219,410 22,220,175
2022-03-31 27,123,556 26,960,551
2023-03-31 29,040,275 29,436,719
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The London Early Years Foundation

GB-CHC-299686

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 793 814
Employees paid more than £60,000 9 7
Volunteers - -
Trustees 10
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The London Early Years Foundation

GB-CHC-299686

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 0.5 0.6
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 0.5 0.6
Income from charitable activities 28.4 26.3
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments - -
Other income 0.2 0.2
Total 29.0 27.1
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds - -
Spending on raising funds - -
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 29.4 27.0
Charitable activities 29.4 27.0
Other spending - -
Total 29.4 27.0
Net income / (expenditure) (0.4) 0.2

The London Early Years Foundation

GB-CHC-299686

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 7.1 5.1
Investment assets - -
7.1 5.1
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 3.8 5.1
Other current assets 1.0 0.8
4.9 5.8
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (5.2) (5.5)
Net current assets (0.3) 0.3
Total assets less current liabilities 6.8 5.4
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (3.9) (2.1)
Net assets 2.9 3.3
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 1.3 1.0
Unrestricted funds 1.6 2.3
2.9 3.3

The London Early Years Foundation

GB-CHC-299686

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 468,814 433,214
Government contracts as % of total income 1.6% 1.6%
Number of government contracts 1 1
Government grants
Income from government grants 5,720,932 6,272,762
Government grants as % of total income 19.7% 23.1%
Number of government grants 13 13

The London Early Years Foundation

GB-CHC-299686

Grants received

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Received 17 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
The Childhood Trust
Champions for Children 2023
£13,600 Double nursery hours for children in need
The Childhood Trust
On the Breadline Appeal 2022
£40,000 LEYF’s Doubling Down support
Westminster Foundation
Partnership grant
£187,500
5 years
Partnership grant - London Early Years Foundation - 27/09/2022
Oct 2022 to Oct 2027
The Childhood Trust
Champions for Children 2022
£10,900 C-59225
The Childhood Trust
Christmas Challenge 2022
£1,000 Give children in poverty the food to grow & learn
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity
Childhood Obesity Programme
£440,390 Chef's Academy - Phase 2
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England
£10,000
3 months
LEYF Food Banks
Aug 2020 to Nov 2020
Westminster Foundation
COVID19 Response
£14,000
6 months
Covid 19 response Fund
May 2020 to Nov 2020
Department for Education
Apprenticeships Participation 18+
£750 Apprenticeships Participation 18+
Department for Education
Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18
£6,000 Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18

Data source

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The London Early Years Foundation

GB-CHC-299686

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