THE LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL AND OAKS AFTER SCHOOL CLUB

Registered charity 1136626 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects are to provide and/or assist in the provision of childcare and education services for the benefit of the community in particular (without limitation) pre-school and afterschool services in the area of Fulwood.

Objects

TO PROVIDE AND/OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) PRE-SCHOOL AND AFTERSCHOOL SERVICES IN THE AREA OF FULWOOD.

Area of benefit: FULWOOD.

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 charity holds unrestricted reserves of £252,340, which exceeds the prior year's total funds of £249,679. The trustees maintain a policy of building reserves to cover future premises maintenance and potential wind-up costs. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

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
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tegan Louise Wilsonchair
• Alison Catherine Shepherd
• MR PHILL JAMES
• Rachel Swain

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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