KINNERTON LITTLE ACORNS

Registered charity 1185470 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are committed to providing a caring and stimulating environment for children to thrive and develop in. We run 4 different sessions per day including (1) Breakfast 7:45am - 9am; (2) Early Entitlement/Playgroup 9am - 11:25am; (3) Wraparound 11:30am - 3pm; and (4) Afterschool 3pm - 5:55pm. All children who join us are enrolled at Ysgol Derwen and parents/carers use our service.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN WALES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEEDS THROUGH HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE PROVISION.

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 net loss of £14,265 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by high agency staff costs and increased national living wage rates. Despite the loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £66,608, which exceeds its stated minimum emergency target of £25,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Baker-Howellchair
• Christine Leonard
• James Higton
• Richard Jones
• Thomas Booth

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

Operates in: Flintshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• LITTLE ACORNS PLAYGROUP (EVERSHOT) income £182k
• LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL (LEIGH-ON-SEA) income £233k
• ACORN CHILDREN'S CLUB income £112k
• FELSTED LITTLE ACORNS income £157k
• BALDERTON PRE-SCHOOL income £459k
• LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP (INGHAM) income £113k

Side by side with its peers

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