ACOMB OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB LIMITED

Registered charity 1104781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing wrap around out of school childcare.

Objects

IN THE YORK AREA OF ENGLAND (1) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE CARE AND RECREATION OF CHILDREN DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ATTENDING THE CLUB.

Area of benefit: THE YORK AREA OF ENGLAND

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£232k

Latest spending

£212k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £148,169, which is in excess of the trustees' stated policy target of £15,000. The charity reported a surplus of £20,072 for the year, with total income rising by 9% to £232,277. The trustees confirm that finances are healthy and the organization remains a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £15,000 (held: £148k)

“The Trustees have carried out a review and have calculated that the level of reserves needed to sustain the charitable activities of the club are £15,000 at the end of each financial year.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05081540

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

ELLINGTON, Nicola — director, appointed 25/09/2025on trustee list
WITHYCOMBE, Elen — director, appointed 11/08/2025on trustee list
COX, Megan Ann — director, appointed 10/09/2019on trustee list
HALL, Sarah Ann — director, appointed 10/05/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Elen Withycombe
Megan Cox
Nicola Ellington
Sarah Ann Hall

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£232k	£212k
31/08/2024	£212k	£195k
31/08/2023	£196k	£167k
31/08/2022	£165k	£142k
31/08/2021	£135k	£108k

Common questions

Is ACOMB OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £148,169, which is in excess of the trustees' stated policy target of £15,000. The charity reported a surplus of £20,072 for the year, with total income rising by 9% to £232,277. The trustees confirm that finances are healthy and the organization remains a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	07/05/2014	£10k	Wheely Good Fun!
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/07/2011	£9k	Acomb Kids Wrap-Around!
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/01/2009	£6k	Community Holiday Club
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/08/2005	£5k	There is no project name available for this record
City of York Council	—	£500	SHINE grant

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION	1	£68k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEATHLANDS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB.

HEATHLANDS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB income £265k
THE CABIN CREW OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB income £269k
PINCHBECK KIDS CLUB income £122k
POPPLETON ROAD OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB income £222k
ABC CHILDCARE (IPSWICH) LTD income £253k
WHITCHURCH OUT OF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION income £199k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ACOMB OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB LIMITED	£232k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HEATHLANDS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB FY2025	£265k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CABIN CREW OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB FY2024	£269k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PINCHBECK KIDS CLUB FY2026	£122k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
POPPLETON ROAD OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB FY2025	£222k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ABC CHILDCARE (IPSWICH) LTD FY2025	£253k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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