Research and analysis

Evidence of early years providers’ finances from a 2024 survey

Evidence of providers’ finances from the 2024 survey of childcare and early years providers.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 25 September 2025

Applies to England

Documents

Providers’ finances: evidence from the 2024 survey of childcare and early years providers

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-710-1 , RR1562

PDF, 5.4 MB, 92 pages

Details

This report uses data from the 2024 survey of childcare and early years providers to analyse provider finances, including:

• the ratio of providers’ income to their cost (a measure of provider profitability)
• variation in providers’ unit costs and staff hourly pay
• patterns in the hourly fees charged by providers to parents and hourly funding rate received by providers from their local authorities

Published 25 September 2025