Acorn Pre-School CIO

Analysis

Acorn Pre-School CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Spalding. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Acorn Pre-School CIO reported income of £127k and spending of £133k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £71k to £127k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Acorn Pre-School CIO sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Liverpool Medical Institution (£127k), The Association of Medical Secretaries, Practice Managers, Administrators and Receptionists Limited (£127k) and The Trinity Foundation Programme (UK) (£127k).