ACORNS CHILDCARE (MASHAM)

Registered charity 1035056 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACORNS PLAYGROUP (MASHAM), ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL & LITTLE ACORNS BABY & TODDLER GROUP, ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (MASHAM)

Acorns Pre School provides care and education for children aged 2-5 years. It is a parent run community group employing a professional team.

Objects

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily 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, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, 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 whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(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 aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £14,224 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a reduction of unrestricted reserves to £20,787. The trustees note that reserves are below their stated policy target of £25,000 and will need to recover in future years. Despite this, the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed the accounts provide a suitable view of financial activities.

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 5 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Beverly Wilson
• Helen Ashby
• Kate English
• Katie Couldwell
• Millie Goodall
• Natalie Farrington
• Vicky Broadwith

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• ACORNS NURSERY SCHOOL income £219k
• LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) income £233k
• LITTLE ACORNS, SHIREOAKS income £188k
• LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP (EVERSHOT) income £182k
• ACORN PRE-SCHOOL & THE MIGHTY OAKS income £309k
• ACORNS EARLY YEARS CENTRE income £865k

Side by side with its peers

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