Early Years @ Lightcliffe

Analysis

Early Years @ Lightcliffe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halifax. It was registered in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Early Years @ Lightcliffe reported income of £527k and spending of £496k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £209k to £527k (+153%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Early Years @ Lightcliffe sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pennington Nursery (£527k), The British Contact Lens Association Limited (£527k) and Al-Islamia Institute for Education (£527k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51% and donations and legacies 49%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £175k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.