Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 0

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

All female board: -3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -2

ACORN PLAYGROUP (SHEFFORD)

The varied activities available at each session are planned to encourage a child's progress in the 6 areas of learning in the national curriculum's foundation stage. These are (1) Personal, social & emotional, (2) Communication, language & literacy, (3) Mathematical development, (4) Knowledge & understanding of the world, (5) Physical development, (6) Creative development.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/22		£249	£241	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/08/21		£198	£203	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/08/20		£201	£182	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/08/19	*	£191	£184	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/18		£159	£165	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17		£131	£138	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£150	£147	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	*	£147	£154	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£144	£141	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13?		£184	£183	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£116	£118	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11?		£126	£121	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/10		£90	£104	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/09		£157	£136	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/05/08		£236	£241	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/05/07		£37	£38	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/05/06		£38	£33	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/05/05		£34	£31	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/05/04		£31	£29	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

www.acornpre-school.co.uk

info@acornpre-school.co.uk

01462816281

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Academic support

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Central Bedfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Acorn Pre-School & The Mighty Oaks
£2,178	23/10/2021	We would like to upgrade our outside space to give the children in our care a fun and stimulating environment to play in.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JOANNE DANIELS Appointed: 2020

LAURA SHARPES Appointed: 2021

CAROLINE TUDGE Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: ACORN PRE-SCHOOL & THE MIGHTY OAKS,

JACQUELINE LEWIS (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: ACORN PRE-SCHOOL & THE MIGHTY OAKS,

LYNDSEY BLACK Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: ACORN PRE-SCHOOL & THE MIGHTY OAKS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/12/1994, number: 1042353

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR19: 10 days late, AR15: 22 days late,

Main office

SCHOOL LANE
SHEFFORD
BEDFORDSHIRE
SG17 5XA

Objectives

The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by:(a) offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;(b) encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;(c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SHEFFORD

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