THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Charity number: 313082
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Early Education (The British Association for Early Childhood Education), founded in 1923, is the leading national voluntary organisation for early years practitioners and parents with members throughout the UK. It provides support, advice and training on best practice for everyone concerned with childrens' education and care and promotes the right for all children to high quality education.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £470,588
Total expenditure: £464,253
Total income includes £164,095 from 27 government contract(s)
People
12 Trustee(s)
48 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
| Number of employees | |
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| £70k to £80k | 1 |
Fundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Education/training
Who the charity helps:
- Children/young People
- Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
Registration history:
- 26 April 1963: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- EARLY EDUCATION (Working name)
- BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
12 Trustee(s)
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| Nicola Jane Theobald | Chair | 07 November 2020 |
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| Myra Mills McRobbie | Trustee | 09 November 2024 |
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| Nazma Begum Meah | Trustee | 09 November 2024 |
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| Christopher Sharpe | Trustee | 15 July 2024 |
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| Elaina Barbara Eakers | Trustee | 15 November 2023 |
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| Nicola Demetriadi | Trustee | 15 November 2023 |
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| Lisa Sharkey | Trustee | 15 November 2023 |
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| Timothy Hopkins | Trustee | 26 November 2021 |
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| Julia Henderson | Trustee | 07 November 2020 |
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| Dr Glenda Wyn Tinney | Trustee | 07 November 2020 |
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| Sian Hudson | Trustee | 22 November 2019 |
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| Peter John Tuck | Trustee | 22 November 2019 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £608.97k | £313.07k | £494.66k | £399.79k | £470.59k | |
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Total expenditure | £560.54k | £322.52k | £450.68k | £440.93k | £464.25k | |
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Income from government contracts | £232.36k | £61.59k | £94.23k | £115.06k | £164.10k | |
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Income from government grants | £232.36k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £307 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £608.21k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Investment | £302 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Other | £145 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £560.54k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £8.04k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 13 November 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 13 November 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 20 December 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 20 December 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 07 November 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 11 November 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 02 December 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 02 December 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 09 December 2020 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 09 December 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |