RUARDEAN ACORNS

Registered charity 1088559 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUARDEAN NURSERY GROUP

Local rural pre-school for ages 2 years - 5 years.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT, CARE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND ALSO OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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

£109k

Latest spending

£82k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net operating income of £26,199.16 for the year ended August 31, 2025, resulting in total net assets of £44,798.63. However, the trustees note that current funding does not cover the increased costs associated with higher staff numbers required for children with educational needs, creating a dependency on future fundraising to maintain financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“This will make a massive impact on the financial state moving forward as the funding does not cover this therefore more fundraising will need to be looked at.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Financial reserves 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
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Joanne Harmanchair
Mary Jane Davis
Stacey Shepphard
amie jennings
samantha scrivens

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£109k	£82k
31/08/2024	£58k	£63k
31/08/2023	£63k	£62k
31/08/2022	£97k	£78k
31/08/2021	£42k	£47k

Common questions

Is RUARDEAN ACORNS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net operating income of £26,199.16 for the year ended August 31, 2025, resulting in total net assets of £44,798.63. However, the trustees note that current funding does not cover the increased costs associated with higher staff numbers required for children with educational needs, creating a dependency on future fundraising to maintain financial stability.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/01/2015	£6k	To develop the learning environment for pre-school children
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/10/2009	£8k	Improving the learning opportunities for pre-school children
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/06/2006	£5k	Provision Extension

Charities like this

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

ACORNS NURSERY SCHOOL income £219k
ACORNS CHILDCARE (MASHAM) income £106k
ROUGHAM ACORNS AND WOODLANDS LIMITED income £261k
WINSLEY ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL income £126k
LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) income £233k
FELSTED LITTLE ACORNS income £157k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RUARDEAN ACORNS	£109k	—	unclear	—	noted
ACORNS NURSERY SCHOOL FY2025	£219k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ACORNS CHILDCARE (MASHAM) FY2025	£106k	—	below	—	no doubt
ROUGHAM ACORNS AND WOODLANDS LIMITED FY2025	£261k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WINSLEY ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£126k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) FY2025	£233k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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