LITTLE ACORNS- TATSFIELD PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1024480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE ACORNS- TATSFIELD PLAYGROUP

Local Village Pre-School for children aged from 2 - 4.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY: (A)OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS (B)ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS (C)INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE, TATSFIELD AND BIGGIN HILL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £20,699 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Free/unrestricted reserves decreased from £45,940 to £25,524, leaving the charity with a net current asset position of £31,862. The filing does not disclose a reserves policy target or any specific financial risks affecting its continuity.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Katrina Bath
• Lisa Weller
• Simone Farren

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kent · Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FELSTED LITTLE ACORNS.

• FELSTED LITTLE ACORNS income £157k
• LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) income £233k
• LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL income £177k
• ACORNS CHILDCARE (MASHAM) income £106k
• ACORN PRE-SCHOOL & THE MIGHTY OAKS income £309k
• LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP (EVERSHOT) income £182k

Side by side with its peers

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