LITTLE ACORNS, CROSSGATES

Registered charity 1181630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Little Acorns is housed in a purpose built building within Crossgates Primary School grounds.The setting is a 3 year old funded provider, which allows us to offer 10 hours free childcare to children in the term after they turn three for 2 hours per day. We are also a holiday club offering childcare outside of school term time for children aged 2-11 years.

Objects

THE AIM OF LITTLE ACORNS IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CROSSGATES & THE SURROUNDING AREA, THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.THIS IS DONE BY:A) PROVIDING AND PRESENTING SAFE AND SATISFYING PLAY AND ACTIVITIES;B) ARRANGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO HELP PARENTS SUPPORT THEIR CHILDRENÃS EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: IN CROSSGATES & THE SURROUNDING AREA

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

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Powys, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£209k

Latest spending

£194k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £14,837 for the year ended 31 August 2025, increasing its total funds to £63,040. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy of holding £12,000 to cover staff wages and bills in the event of an enforced closure. The accounts were subject to an independent examination, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £12,000 to ensure staff wages and bills can be paid in case of any enforced closure (reserves figure: £63k)

“Little Acorns has made the decision to continue to hold £12,000 to ensure staff wages and bills can be paid in case of any enforced closure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW); Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales. 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
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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Government income: £124,183 — contracts £114,511 (1), grants £9,672 (7); 63% of the £197,989 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Government income: £93,554 — contracts £77,503 (2), grants £16,051 (3); 65% of the £144,373 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 30/10/2026, 122 days after the 30/06/2026 due date); year ending 31/08/2023 (received 12/10/2024, 104 days after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 27/09/2023, 89 days after the 30/06/2023 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 15/11/2022, 138 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Clare Elizabeth Haslam
Jessica Tabitha Mockler
Rebecca Kate Price
Sarah Jarman

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

Operates in: Powys

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£209k	£194k
31/08/2024	£198k	£172k
31/08/2023	£144k	£172k
31/08/2022	£89k	£94k
31/08/2021	£81k	£76k

Common questions

Is LITTLE ACORNS, CROSSGATES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £14,837 for the year ended 31 August 2025, increasing its total funds to £63,040. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy of holding £12,000 to cover staff wages and bills in the event of an enforced closure. The accounts were subject to an independent examination, with the examiner confirming no material matters required attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP.

LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP income £82k
Little Acorns @ Ysgol Y Graig income £96k
LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP (EVERSHOT) income £182k
LITTLE ACORNS KINDERGARTEN CHARITY income £256k
LITTLE ACORNS (OAKLANDS) income £56k
LITTLE THETFORD ACORNS income £113k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LITTLE ACORNS, CROSSGATES	£209k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP FY2025	£82k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Little Acorns @ Ysgol Y Graig FY2026	£96k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP (EVERSHOT) FY2025	£182k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE ACORNS KINDERGARTEN CHARITY FY2025	£256k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE ACORNS (OAKLANDS) FY2025	£56k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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