Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 1

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -1

ACORNS CHILDCARE (MASHAM)

Acorns Pre School provides care and education for children aged 2-5 years. It is a parent run community group employing a professional team.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
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
31/08/23		£110	£110	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/08/22		£110	£110	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/21		£89	£97	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/20		£95	£101	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/08/19		£109	£105	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/08/18		£107	£107	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17		£87	£89	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£74	£73	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£73	£71	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£77	£69	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£58	£71	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12		£86	£78	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11		£86	£74	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10		£76	£59	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09		£58	£61	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08		£58	£46	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/07		£38	£37	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/06		£38	£38	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05		£44	£40	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04	*	£39	£34	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 30 years

www.acorns-masham.org.uk

acorns.masham@googlemail.com

01765689111

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Child day-care services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who supports 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 Acorns Pre-school (Masham)
£2,981	15/11/2019	We want to develop our outdoor spaces to provide safe, fun outdoor learning experiences.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DIANE SHARP Appointed: 2018

HAYLEY METCALFE Appointed: 2021

JUDITH FULLER Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: THE MASHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY OFFICE,

LISA JONES Appointed: 2021

LOUISE RIDDELL Appointed: 2022

SOPHIE GOODYEAR Appointed: 2022

VICKY BROADWITH Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/1994, number: 1035056

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 32 days late,

Main office

The Old Police House
Little Market Place
Masham
Ripon
North Yorkshire
HG4 4DY

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:

NOT DEFINED

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