ACORNS EARLY YEARS CENTRE

Registered charity 1095582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Full day care nursery for 3 month to 5 years olds 8am-6pm. After school and Holiday club for 5-11 year olds.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN BEXLEY, KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING FACILITIES FOR PLAY AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THESE CHILDREN IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: BEXLEY, KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

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 made a surplus for the year with total funds carried forward of £206,184. The trustees consider the balance sheet strong and note that the centre is fully subscribed with a waiting list for places. However, the final outcome of rent negotiations with the landlord remains uncertain.

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
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carlton Reidchair
• Helen Elizabeth Clark
• Olivia Couzins
• Sean Webber
• Zoe Elisabeth English

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

Operates in: Bexley · Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

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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
• MALDWYN NURSERY AND FAMILY CENTRE income £630k
• ST AGNES DAY NURSERY income £232k
• ACORN EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION income £16.3m
• LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) income £233k

Side by side with its peers

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