Acorn Early Years Foundation

Analysis

Acorn Early Years Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07703801). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Acorn Early Years Foundation reported income of £16.3m and spending of £15.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8.2m to £16.3m (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Acorn Early Years Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Margaret's School Bushey (£16.1m), Albert Memorial College (£16.3m) and Clare College Cambridge (£16.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 483 people.