Acorn AP Tendring

Registered charity 1174373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TLG TENDRING

The objects of TLG Tendring are, for the public benefit, the advancement of education by such means as the trustees may consider appropriate, primarily in Tendring and the surrounding areas.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE, PRIMARILY IN TENDRING 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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Latest income

£90k

Latest spending

£94k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £31,086 in unrestricted cash funds at the end of the period. The trustees report that they maintain at least three months of expenditure in savings to cover potential drops in student fees or additional expenses. The trustees declare they are pleased with the charity's financial position and have no uncertainties regarding its continuation as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Fees for charitable services” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £31k)

“We try to keep at least 3 months expenditure in our savings account”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Partnering with Acorn alternative Provision (Company Number: 14751388)

“Since the charity name change to Acorn AP Tendring and our partnering with Acorn alternative Provision (Company Number: 14751388) we have maintained our high standards and continued to see amazing results in the young people that have attended our centre.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Acorn alternative Provision

“partnering with Acorn alternative Provision (Company Number: 14751388)”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Corporate structure

Trading subsidiary: ACORN ALTERNATIVE PROVISION Companies House 14751388 · Financial health read from its filings

ACORN ALTERNATIVE PROVISION — per its own Companies House accounts

Turnover: £425k
Profit before tax: £27k
No intra-group transactions or balances disclosed.

Trustees · trustee networks

Rev Mark Masseychair · trustee of 2 other charities
Clive Young
Helen Clare Hamer · trustee of 1 other charity
Leah Olivia Green
Paul Cassar
Rev Sally Bates · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£90k	£94k
31/03/2024	£84k	£95k
31/03/2023	£70k	£72k
31/03/2022	£115k	£71k
31/03/2021	£67k	£61k

Common questions

Is Acorn AP Tendring financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £31,086 in unrestricted cash funds at the end of the period. The trustees report that they maintain at least three months of expenditure in savings to cover potential drops in student fees or additional expenses. The trustees declare they are pleased with the charity's financial position and have no uncertainties regarding its continuation as a going concern.