LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (HUNTINGDON)

Registered charity 1125456 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

to provide high quality care and education for children from 2 years 9 months to statutory school age;to work in partnership with parents to help children to learn and develop;to add to the life and well-being of the local community;to offer children and their parents a service that promotes equality and values diversity.

Objects

The aims of the pre-school are 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 and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas(c) instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

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 incurred a loss of £23,934 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £75,233 to £51,299. The trustees report that the management committee has built enough reserves to maintain a four-month contingency fund. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Napolichair
• Bernadette Ducket
• Karen Rossi
• Nicola Benge
• Zara Napoli

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

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