LITTLE ACORNS (COLLETON) PRE-SCHOOL CIO

Registered charity 1189027 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Little Acorns (Colleton) Pre-School is located in the grounds of the Colleton Primary School in Twyford, Berkshire. The aim of the Pre-School is to provide a safe, happy, stimulating, creative and well organised setting in which children, aged from 2 to 5 years, are given a wide range of opportunities for learning and development and for forming relationships with other children and adults.

Objects

THE CHARITY WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HAVING AS ITS OBJECTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY:(1) PROMOTING THEIR CARE AND SAFETY;(2) PROMOTING THEIR EDUCATION AND PROMOTING PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT;(3) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING;(4) PROVIDING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS;(5) PROVIDING SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS HOLDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE CIO; AND(6) FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

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

£291k

Latest spending

£285k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £85,671 from £79,811 in the prior year, driven by a net incoming resource of £5,860. The charity holds £159,420 in cash and current assets against £17,129 in short-term creditors, indicating strong liquidity. All funds are unrestricted, with no restricted or endowment funds held.

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 4 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
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Paying staff
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alana Duncan
Bob Harper
Kate Harper-Cole
Phillipa Sian Irving

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

Operates in: Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£291k	£285k
31/08/2024	£300k	£270k
31/08/2023	£239k	£237k
31/08/2022	£240k	£262k
31/08/2021	£235k	£263k

Common questions

Is LITTLE ACORNS (COLLETON) PRE-SCHOOL CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £85,671 from £79,811 in the prior year, driven by a net incoming resource of £5,860. The charity holds £159,420 in cash and current assets against £17,129 in short-term creditors, indicating strong liquidity. All funds are unrestricted, with no restricted or endowment funds held. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.