LITTLE ACORNS (HERNE) PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1027456 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE ACORNS(HERNE)PRE SCHOOL, STRODE PARK UNDER FIVES

PRE-SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN AGED FROM RISING 2 YEARS TO RISING 5 YEARS - TERM TIME ONLY

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 (FOR FURTHER DETAILS, SEE CLAUSE 2 OF CONSTITUTION).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Latest income

£261k

Latest spending

£275k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a record of an Annual General Meeting and does not contain financial statements, income, expenditure, or reserve figures. Consequently, no assessment of the charity's financial health can be derived from this text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN MICHAEL STEPHEN RIGDENchair
CHRISTIE LOUISE HEAD
DEMI DOLL MOORE
JANE MORPHETT · trustee of 1 other charity
SAMUEL ADDY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£261k	£275k
31/08/2024	£246k	£229k
31/08/2023	£236k	£222k
31/08/2022	£205k	£187k
31/08/2021	£212k	£160k

Common questions

Is LITTLE ACORNS (HERNE) PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is a record of an Annual General Meeting and does not contain financial statements, income, expenditure, or reserve figures. Consequently, no assessment of the charity's financial health can be derived from this text.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONG OAK PRE-SCHOOL.

LONG OAK PRE-SCHOOL income £138k
HUNDON HEDGEHOGS PRESCHOOL income £108k
MAWNAN PRE-SCHOOL income £150k
ST MARGARET'S PRE-SCHOOL (OLTON) income £150k
STONE CROSS INDEPENDENT PRE-SCHOOL income £233k
SNITTERFIELD NURSERY SCHOOL income £131k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LITTLE ACORNS (HERNE) PRE-SCHOOL	£261k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONG OAK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£138k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HUNDON HEDGEHOGS PRESCHOOL FY2025	£108k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MAWNAN PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£150k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARGARET'S PRE-SCHOOL (OLTON) FY2024	£150k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STONE CROSS INDEPENDENT PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£233k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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