Research and analysis

Evidence of early years providers’ finances from a 2025 survey

Evidence of providers’ finances from the 2025 survey of childcare and early years providers.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 28 May 2026

Applies to England

Documents

Providers’ finances: Evidence from the 2025 survey of childcare and early years providers

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-790-3, RR1632

PDF, 5.49 MB, 71 pages

Details

This report uses data from the 2025 childcare and early years providers survey to analyse providers’ 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 carers, and the hourly funding rate received by providers from their local authorities

Published 28 May 2026