ACORNS2OAKS LIMITED

Registered charity 1104861 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACORN2OAKS LIMITED, CANTERBURY ROAD SURE START CHILDCARE LTD, CRSSC LTD

Provision of Childcare and community services to families in West Croydon (Broad Green) area

Objects

CHARITY’S OBJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:3.1. WORK WITH PARENTS, PARENTS TO BE AND CHILDREN TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY THOSE EXPERIENCING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION;3.2. RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;3.3. TO PROVIDE CHILDCARE AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH, WELLBEING AND LIFE CHANCES OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES;3.4. TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STATUTORY, VOLUNTARY AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY COHESION AND DELIVER GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES TO THE EXTENT THAT THESE ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES;

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BROAD GREEN

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 reported a surplus of £16,588 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, closing unrestricted reserves stood at £63,948, a level the charity considers to be in line with its stated policy. The principal financial risk identified is the annual increase in National Minimum Wage and Employers' National Insurance.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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

• BEVERLEY NOBLEchair
• Gaynor Murphy
• Judith Osakwe

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACORNS CHILDREN'S HOSPICE TRUST.

• ACORNS CHILDREN'S HOSPICE TRUST income £22.2m
• LITTLE OAKS income £260k
• APPLETREE CHILDCARE (SHEFFIELD) LTD income £586k
• ACORNS EARLY YEARS CENTRE income £865k
• ACORNS CHILDCARE (MASHAM) income £106k
• ACORN2OAK PRESCHOOL income £225k

Side by side with its peers

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