The British Association for Early Childhood Education

Analysis

The British Association for Early Childhood Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in April 1963, 63 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 00395548). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The British Association for Early Childhood Education reported income of £466k and spending of £496k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £313k to £466k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The British Association for Early Childhood Education 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 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Common Mission Project (£465k), Rachmaninoff Music Academy (£466k) and Bobtails Pre-School Horley (£464k).