FELSTED LITTLE ACORNS

Registered charity 1082125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pre-school nursery for children aged 2 - 5.

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.

Area of benefit: FELSTED

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

£157k

Latest spending

£159k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £2,904.88 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total expenditure exceeding total income. The trustees confirmed that the situation relating to pension payments has been fully resolved and that remaining funds will be distributed in accordance with Charity Commission guidelines.

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 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
Financial reserves 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Jean Maddisonchair
JANINE TERESA CORBEY
JAYNE TURNEY

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£157k	£159k
31/08/2024	£130k	£138k
31/08/2023	£120k	£132k
31/08/2022	£126k	£127k
31/08/2021	£103k	£105k

Common questions

Is FELSTED LITTLE ACORNS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £2,904.88 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total expenditure exceeding total income. The trustees confirmed that the situation relating to pension payments has been fully resolved and that remaining funds will be distributed in accordance with Charity Commission guidelines. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) income £233k
LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP (EVERSHOT) income £182k
LITTLE ACORNS- TATSFIELD PRE-SCHOOL income £196k
FELIXSTOWE NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED income £208k
LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL income £177k
ACORNS NURSERY SCHOOL income £219k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FELSTED LITTLE ACORNS	£157k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) FY2025	£233k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP (EVERSHOT) FY2025	£182k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE ACORNS- TATSFIELD PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£196k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FELIXSTOWE NURSERY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025	£208k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£177k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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