ACORN PRESCHOOL (DUSSINDALE)

Registered charity 1027104 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACORN PLAYGROUP

Provide Pre-School education for children between the ages of 2 years to school age.

Objects

THE AIM OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE IN NORWICH BY:(A) PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY, IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART(B) ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN

Area of benefit: NORWICH

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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Latest income

£167k

Latest spending

£144k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £104,463, exceeding the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £40,000. The charity reported a net receipt surplus of £23,486 against payments of £143,955, with staff costs comprising 82.1% of total payments. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 3 months of nonstaff related expenditure plus contractual redundancy costs which amounts to approximately £40,000 (held: £104k)

“The policy agreed is to maintain free reserves of at least 3 months of nonstaff related expenditure plus contractual redundancy costs which amounts to approximately £40,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
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

AARON CHRISTOPHER ROBERTSchair
Jordan Keanu King
Nicola Webb

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£167k	£144k
31/08/2024	£160k	£158k
31/08/2023	£149k	£142k
31/08/2022	£132k	£127k
31/08/2021	£118k	£118k

Common questions

Is ACORN PRESCHOOL (DUSSINDALE) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £104,463, exceeding the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £40,000. The charity reported a net receipt surplus of £23,486 against payments of £143,955, with staff costs comprising 82.1% of total payments. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACORN2OAK PRESCHOOL.

ACORN2OAK PRESCHOOL income £225k
ACORN PRE-SCHOOL CIO income £127k
ACACIA PRE-SCHOOL income £250k
LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) income £233k
DAUXWOOD PRE-SCHOOL GROUP income £148k
WINSLEY ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL income £126k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ACORN PRESCHOOL (DUSSINDALE)	£167k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ACORN2OAK PRESCHOOL FY2026	£225k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ACORN PRE-SCHOOL CIO FY2025	£127k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ACACIA PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£250k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) FY2025	£233k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DAUXWOOD PRE-SCHOOL GROUP FY2025	£148k	—	—	unclear	1.0%	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.