THE LONDON EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-21 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-07
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+7.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+31.2% vs 2024
Employees
941
+8.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE LONDON EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION 2009-07-27 → present
- WESTMINSTER CHILDREN'S SOCIETY 1988-03-10 → 2009-07-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,196,787 | £36,169,696 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£383,550 | £781,053 | |
| Cash | £2,524,172 | £2,707,817 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,049,195 | £6,106,751 | |
| Net assets | £2,500,604 | £3,281,657 | |
| Equity | £2,500,604 | £3,281,657 | |
| Average employees | 868 | 941 | |
| Wages | £19,185,143 | £22,124,713 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -1.2% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.7% | 74.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 0.67x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees have reviewed the trading, forecast and underlying assumptions and are confident that LEYF is a going concern. The latest forecast demonstrates LEYF's ability to meet its obligations and liabilities. Over the past year, LEYF has consistently met its obligations and liabilities, and the Trustees are satisfied that LEYF will continue to do so over the next twelve months.”
Significant events
- “On 18 August 2025, LEYF acquired three nurseries from the London Borough of Hillingdon.”
- “On 31 August 2025 LEYF received a loan of £400,000 from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.”
- “In August 2024, LEYF acquired Little Angels Nursery, now called Brixton Garden Nursery in Lambeth.”
- “Also, in August 2024, Harrow Road Nursery moved to the brand-new purpose-built Royal Oak Nursery space”
- “In March 2025, LEYF acquired Early Years Nursery in Newham, now called Greengate Nursery.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 64 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'SULLIVAN, June | Secretary | 2004-07-01 | — | Irish |
| GARSTKA, Michael Thomas | Director | 2014-11-10 | Apr 1962 | American |
| HICKS, James Peter | Director | 2025-09-23 | Feb 1990 | British |
| HOLLIDAY, Soumya Sarah Sowani | Director | 2021-12-13 | Sep 1984 | British |
| PERKINS, Anthony Roy | Director | 2019-07-23 | Jan 1960 | British |
| QURESHI, Wajeha | Director | 2025-12-11 | Feb 1989 | British |
| REED, Kirsty Ann | Director | 2022-09-15 | May 1982 | British |
| VERMA, Ravi | Director | 2022-12-15 | Oct 1984 | British |
| VISHWAS SARKAR, Anu | Director | 2024-03-21 | Oct 1979 | British |
Show 64 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW, Christine Ann | Secretary | 1992-09-09 | 1996-11-29 |
| O'SULLIVAN, June | Secretary | 2004-07-05 | 2004-07-05 |
| WALTON, Christine Margaret, M/S | Secretary | 1997-01-06 | 2004-06-25 |
| WATSON, Madeline Alice | Secretary | — | 1991-08-31 |
| BELL, Peter Charles | Director | 2000-05-08 | 2002-05-13 |
| BLACKBURN, Madeleine Clare | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2023-03-03 |
| CALDERBANK, Peter Charles Edward | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2009-09-14 |
| CASTRO KEMP, Susana | Director | 2021-06-28 | 2022-04-11 |
| COATS, Susan Jane, Dr | Director | 2001-09-10 | 2002-11-11 |
| COUPLAND, Hanna Ruth | Director | — | 1992-03-12 |
| DAVIES, Suzanne | Director | 2009-12-07 | 2011-07-25 |
| DE WAAL, Julia, Lady | Director | 1994-11-14 | 2003-09-15 |
| DOOGAN, Mary Josephine | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2022-09-15 |
| DOOGAN, Mary Josephine | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2018-07-30 |
| DRURY, Karen Christina | Director | 2005-04-21 | 2011-09-30 |
| EVES, Victoria Mary | Director | 2008-09-22 | 2014-09-25 |
| HAIGH, Rosaleen Mary | Director | 1995-05-22 | 2001-01-22 |
| HALCROW, Margaret Hamilton, Jp | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2008-02-17 |
| HANCOCK, Roger Sidney | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2005-03-03 |
| HARLEY, Susan Elizabeth | Director | — | 2000-09-11 |
| HART, Lauren Georgia | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2026-02-27 |
| HILDE BRAND, Judy | Director | 2009-12-07 | 2011-05-23 |
| HINTON, Deborah Mary | Director | — | 1994-11-25 |
| HITCHCOCK, Claire | Director | 1995-01-16 | 1998-03-09 |
| HORDERN, Susan, Lady | Director | 1993-05-17 | 1994-11-14 |
| HOUGHTON-JONES, Gaynor | Director | 2003-05-19 | 2009-07-13 |
| JANVRIN, Isabelle, Lady | Director | 2001-11-12 | 2004-07-05 |
| JAVID, Sajid | Director | 2009-07-13 | 2012-03-26 |
| JENNER, Helen Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2016-09-28 | 2022-09-15 |
| KILLICK, Angela Margaret | Director | — | 1996-03-15 |
| LAMBERT, Allan Thomas | Director | 2019-07-23 | 2025-07-23 |
| MABEY, Carolyn | Director | — | 2000-08-25 |
| MALE, Charlotte Gay | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2016-02-20 |
| METCALF, Helen, Dr | Director | 2005-05-23 | 2008-11-17 |
| PATTEN, Lavender | Director | — | 1992-05-11 |
| PELHAM LANG, Lois Frances Symington | Director | 2006-05-22 | 2009-05-18 |
| PEREZ, Joanna Zelma | Director | 1994-09-12 | 1997-01-27 |
| PRENDERGAST, Simone Ruth, Dame | Director | — | 1997-09-15 |
| RAE, David Inness | Director | 2021-12-13 | 2026-03-31 |
| REES, William David | Director | 1993-02-22 | 1995-07-10 |
| REES MOGG, Gillian, Lady | Director | — | 1994-11-14 |
| RHODES, Georgina Caroline | Director | — | 1993-03-03 |
| RICHARDSON, Octavia, Lady | Director | — | 1991-09-02 |
| ROBINSON, Charlotte Louise Clifton | Director | 1995-09-25 | 1998-09-14 |
| ROBSON, John Walter | Director | 1994-11-14 | 2004-09-13 |
| SAYANI, Latif Noorali | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2023-06-29 |
| SCOTT-MARSHALL, Anna | Director | 2011-07-25 | 2016-07-12 |
| SELWYN, Richard James | Director | 2009-07-13 | 2013-09-16 |
| SILBER, Frances Nina Lucinda | Director | 1997-05-19 | 2001-01-22 |
| SIOW, Alethea Chia Jung | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2020-05-12 |
| STEVENSON, Charlotte Susan, Lady | Director | 1999-11-15 | 2006-11-20 |
| SWANNELL, Patricia Ann | Director | 2003-07-14 | 2008-09-22 |
| TAYYEB, Zeeshan | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2013-09-16 |
| THOMSON, James Stewart | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2015-07-08 |
| TIMMINS, Richard Keith | Director | 2019-10-23 | 2025-12-11 |
| TULLOCH, Caroline Sylvia Geraldine | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2018-10-01 |
| UNDERHILL, Nina | Director | 2001-01-22 | 2002-09-09 |
| WARNE, James | Director | 2004-09-13 | 2010-09-13 |
| WATSON, Deryn Margaret, Professor | Director | 2007-11-19 | 2008-11-17 |
| WILLIS, Timothy | Director | 2008-11-17 | 2014-09-25 |
| WILSON, Sarah Anne | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2021-03-08 |
| WOLFSON, Edna | Director | 1998-05-11 | 2001-09-10 |
| WYNNE FINCH, Mary Davina | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2017-07-17 |
| WYNNE FINCH, Mary Davina | Director | 2005-04-28 | 2013-09-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Latif Noorali Sayani | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-29 |
| Ms Sarah Anne Wilson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-29 |
| Mr Michael Thomas Garstka | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-29 |
| Ms Alethea Chia Jung Siow | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-05-12 |
| Mrs Caroline Sylvia Geraldine Tulloch | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-01 |
| Ms Mary Josephine Doogan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-30 |
| Miss Mary Davina Wynne Finch | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-17 |
| Ms Anna Scott-Marshall | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-07-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+15.9%
£31,196,787 £36,169,696
-
Cash
+7.3%
£2,524,172 £2,707,817
-
Net assets
+31.2%
£2,500,604 £3,281,657
-
Employees
+8.4%
868 941
-
Wages
+15.3%
£19,185,143 £22,124,713
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers