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Acorns Preschool Limited

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1156060HalsteadEducation and training
Income£103k2024-03-31
Spending£79ksame year
Spent / received74%4-year average
Size in its cause75th pctEducation and training
Registered2014Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Acorns Preschool Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halstead. It was registered in March 2014, 12 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 07199367). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Acorns Preschool Limited reported income of £103k and spending of £79k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income grew from £64k to £103k (+59%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Acorns Preschool Limited sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carleton Rode Playgroup (£103k), Little Cuckoo's Pre-School (£103k) and The McAlpine Educational Endowments Ltd (£103k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.

Income and spending

£0£26k£51k£77k£103k2021 Income: £64,4642021 Spending: £50,58520212022 Income: £92,1962022 Spending: £63,30720222023 Income: £85,8432023 Spending: £61,78320232024 Income: £102,5792024 Spending: £78,8332024
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

Pre-School focusing on children achieving their early learning goal, with fund raising to enable the provision of resources.

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