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The London Early Years Foundation

Registered charity 299686 Registered since 1988

Operates: Throughout London

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

4.5y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

5
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Hospitality 2Other services 2Finance 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£37.2m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.0 in 2021

941 from 788 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
29%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Contact

Websitewww.leyf.org.uk
Emailleyf@leyf.org.uk
Phone02078348679
AddressLONDON EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION, 121 MARSHAM STREET, LONDON, SW1P 4LX

Finances

£37,158,611 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£22,219,410£22,220,175
2022£27,123,556£26,960,551
2023£29,040,275£29,436,719
2024£32,080,481£32,464,031
2025£37,158,611£36,377,558

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1 TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND UPBRINGING AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN PARTICULARLY THOSE WHOSE CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE IT NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE FOR THEM TO BE CARED FOR OUTSIDE THE NORMAL HOME ENVIRONMENT; AND2.2 TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN RESPECT OF ALL MATTERS RELATING TO CHILD CARE, THE UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN AND THE PROTECTION AND HEALTH OF CHILDREN.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/03/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/07/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/05/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/07/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/01/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/05/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/07/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19/09/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 DEC 2017 as amended on 02 Dec 2019

Trustees (8)

8trustees
43median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The London Early Years Foundation · 02228978 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 10/03/1988

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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