The Foundation Years Trust

Analysis

The Foundation Years Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in November 2012, 14 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 08194371). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Foundation Years Trust reported income of £195k and spending of £198k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £295k to £195k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Foundation Years Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Talent Tap (£195k), Little Gems's Pre-School Basildon (£195k) and Eastfield Community Pre-School (£195k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.