LITTLE ACORNS

Registered charity 1199902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Little Acorns supports education and the relief of poverty in Cambodia. We provide grants to organisations supporting disadvantaged children and young people, including residential care, school and university education, essential living costs, food, hygiene and healthcare. We raise funds through donations, trusts and foundations, sponsorship and fundraising events.

Objects

(1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.(2) TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTHY RECREATIONAL &/OR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD.(3) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:A. AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION.B. PROVIDING THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.?

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rochford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income grew to £49,174 against expenditure of £38,318, resulting in a net surplus and unrestricted reserves of £18,845. The trustees aim to hold reserves equivalent to six months of core funding commitments, noting that the current level may be lower than the target while fundraising efforts are underway. The charity has no paid UK staff and relies on voluntary trustee contributions for travel and administrative costs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 02/08/2024 (received 27/08/2025, 86 days after the 02/06/2025 due date); year ending 02/08/2023 (received 18/09/2024, 108 days after the 02/06/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Little Acorns (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Howden Foundation — “January 2026 – Howden Foundation Little Acorns awarded a grant from the Howden Foundation” (source page)
• Howden Broking Group — “June 2021 – Investing in the Community award receiving the ‘investing in the Community’ award from Howden Broking Group” (source page)
• Forte Insurance — “July 2023 – Forte Insurance Donation A huge thank you to Forte Insurance , Cambodia. They supplied FLO with 5 computer systems” (source page)
• Baitong Hotel & Resort — “September 2025 – Donations Donation of towels and pillows from Baitong Hotel & Resort, Phnom Penh” (source page)
• Koyani Education — “October 2025 – Koyani Koyani Education commit to long-term support of Little Acorns” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew Frederick Bakerchair
• Bernard Charles Chant
• Paul Stephen Wilkins

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

Operates in: Cambodia · Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

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

• LITTLE ACORNS KINDERGARTEN CHARITY income £256k
• LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL income £310k
• Little Acorns @ Ysgol Y Graig income £96k
• THE CAMBODIAN CHILDRENS CHARITY income £119k
• LITTLE ACORNS, CROSSGATES income £209k
• LITTLE THETFORD ACORNS income £113k

Side by side with its peers

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