LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 516523 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROUGHTON VILLAGE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP, LITTLE ACORNS, LITTLE ACORNS (BROUGHTON VILLAGE)

Provide local pre-school education for 2 - 5 years old in the village. The charity employs playgroup staff in proportions required to fulfil the legal requirements for pre-school education.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BELOW COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE BY:- (A) PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY IN WHICH PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART. (B) ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN. (C) FURTHERING THE AIMS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 ended the financial year with a profit rather than a deficit, resulting in a net movement in funds of £47,565. Total incoming resources were £309,527, while total resources expended were £261,962. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £184,174, which the trustees describe as a sufficiency fund to ensure operations for 4 months with no income.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lindsay Howsonchair
• Clare Sterling
• Katie Holmes
• Kelly Gouldthorpe
• RACHEL PORTESS
• Sophie Berko

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

Operates in: North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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