Canterbury and District Early Years Project

Analysis

Canterbury and District Early Years Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in April 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Canterbury and District Early Years Project reported income of £180k and spending of £213k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income fell from £266k to £180k (-32%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Canterbury and District Early Years Project sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reall Limited (£180k), The Friends of Maasse Tsedokoh (£181k) and Sleepsafe Selby (£180k).

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.