CCNI Northern Ireland charity profile

Early Years - the organisation for young children

Received: 19 days lateCharity number 105832
Registered3 April 2017
Latest income£12,734,430
Financial year end31 March 2025

01 Registration

Identity and public record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
Official name
Early Years - the organisation for young children
CCNI number
105832
Reporting status
Received: 19 days late
Governing document
Memorandum and Articles
Public address
Early Years - The Organisation For, 6C Wildflower Way, Apollo Road, Belfast, BT12 6TA

02 Charity activity

Purposes and classifications

CCNI

Charitable purposes

The Company’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following: To promote and enhance the development and education of children aged 0-18 years (or under the age of 21 years where a young person is a disabled person within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995), their parents or carers, and those who work with, or provide services to, them (hereinafter called ‘the beneficiaries’) in Northern Ireland and in any other part of the world and in particular: a) to provide information, advice, support services and training to the beneficiaries; b) to support and develop projects, either alone or in partnership with statutory or voluntary organisations, which encourage the beneficiaries to understand and provide for the needs of children; c) to encourage, develop and support the formation of playgroups, parent and toddler groups, full daycare groups, crèches and other such groups; d) to encourage the study of the needs of children and to stimulate and educate the public interest in this and other related educational and social fields; e) to act as a representative for the beneficiaries in relation to government policies and legislation; f) to administer programmes of funding to support any or all of the charitable purposes of the Company; g) to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the directors may, from time to time, decide in accordance with the law of charity.

What the charity does

The advancement of education

Who the charity helps

Carers,Children (5-13 year olds),Ethnic minorities,Interface communities,Language community,Learning disabilities,Parents,Physical disabilities,Preschool (0-5 year olds),Sensory disabilities,Travellers,Unemployed/low income,Voluntary and community sector,Volunteers,Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

Advice/advocacy/information,Community development,Cross-border/cross-community,Cultural,Disability,Education/training,Human rights/equality,Playgroup/after schools,Research/evaluation,Volunteer development,Youth development

03 Latest finances

Income, spending and resources

Period 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Total income
£12,734,430
Previous total income
£0
Donations and legacies
£168,523
Charitable activities income
£11,423,964
Trading income
£1,140,667
Investment income
£1,276
Other income
£0
Total income and endowments
£12,734,430
Total spending
£12,505,052
Raising funds expenditure
£0
Charitable activities expenditure
£12,503,619
Governance expenditure
£0
Other expenditure
£708
Total expenditure
£12,505,052
Total fixed assets
£822,371
Net assets and liabilities
−£3,174,281
Employees / volunteers
229 / 0
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These are reported values from the CCNI register export. Zero and missing values are reproduced as supplied and should be checked against the charity’s filed accounts before a material decision.

04 Provenance

Source and matching