WINSLEY ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1197674 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a small committee run village preschool in a rural community in Wiltshire, and have our own purpose built building on the primary school site. We offer care and learning for children ages 2-5 years during school term time, and normal school hours. We accept the 15 hours funding and 30 hours (income dependent) funding offered by the government, for those children over three years and also

Objects

3.0 OBJECTSTHE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY:3.1 OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY;3.2 ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS;3.3 INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO THE STATUTORY FRAMEWORK FOR THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE

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 held unrestricted reserves of £62,686 at the end of the financial year, representing a surplus of £17,905 for the period. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The reserves policy aims to retain funds appropriate to the charity's size and commitments to ensure continuity of objectives.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Winsley Acorns Pre-School (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chloe Kershaw
• Donna Marie Spence
• Hayley Sutherland
• Jay Palmer
• Joanna Forbes
• Rebecca Strike
• Victoria Clutterbuck

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

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• WOOL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP income £108k
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• SKYLARKS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL income £290k
• YOUTH CLUB PRE-SCHOOL income £222k
• CHOLSEY PRE-SCHOOL income £188k
• ACORN PRE-SCHOOL CIO income £127k

Side by side with its peers

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