The Little Acorns Pre-School and Oaks After School Club

Analysis

The Little Acorns Pre-School and Oaks After School Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06966567). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Little Acorns Pre-School and Oaks After School Club reported income of £186k and spending of £183k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £140k to £186k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Little Acorns Pre-School and Oaks After School Club sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Felixstowe Nursery (£186k), Cherbourg's Little Stars Pre-School (£186k) and Next Steps Pre School of Elms Vale (£186k).