Acorn Childcare (UK)

Analysis

Acorn Childcare (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04321656). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Acorn Childcare (UK) reported income of £999k and spending of £938k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £573k to £999k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 27%. 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, Acorn Childcare (UK) sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Off the Record - Bath & North East Somerset (£998k), The Sedbergh School Foundation (£999k) and International Association of Teachers of English As a Foreign Language (£998k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £127k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.