ACORN PLAYGROUP AND PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1054698 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACORNS PLAYGROUP

We are a community Playgroup and Pre-School

Objects

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 GACILITIES 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: 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 closed the financial year with a surplus of £8,569.73, following a profit of £11,354.76 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity prioritizes reinvesting funds into the setting rather than generating large surpluses, and anticipates a positive financial position for the upcoming year despite rising costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Acorn Playgroup and Pre-school (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annabelle Fittchair
• Charlene Jones
• Ciara Sheridan
• Delia Alves
• Joanne Codd

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP (INGHAM).

• LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP (INGHAM) income £113k
• RADCLIFFE-ON-TRENT PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £190k
• NORTH COMMON PRE - SCHOOL income £103k
• LUDWELL VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRE income £175k
• ACORN PRE-SCHOOL CIO income £127k
• PANGBOURNE VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL income £169k

Side by side with its peers

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