Little Acorns Mawdesley

Analysis

Little Acorns Mawdesley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ormskirk. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Little Acorns Mawdesley reported income of £54k and spending of £70k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £53k to £54k (+2.3%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Little Acorns Mawdesley sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bees Knees Childcare Centre (£54k), Wilton Middle School Educational Trust (£54k) and The Lemsford School Association (£54k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.