LITTLE ACORNS, SHIREOAKS

Registered charity 1069794 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To enhance the development and education of children primarily under the statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community projects.

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 for Little Acorns Shireoaks for the year ended 30 September 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner. The examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounting records were not kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 or that the accounts did not accord with those records.

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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• lottery — “The building was purpose built with lottery funding.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eleanor Hadfield
• Elizabeth Bailey
• Jennifer Fullerton
• Katie Homyard
• Lana Wright
• Tracey Hughes
• Vikki Greenhalgh · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP (EVERSHOT) income £182k
• ACORNS CHILDCARE (MASHAM) income £106k
• LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) income £233k
• LITTLE OAKS COMMUNITY NURSERY income £301k
• ACORNS NURSERY SCHOOL income £219k
• FELSTED LITTLE ACORNS income £157k

Side by side with its peers

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