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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

ACORNS EARLY YEARS CENTRE 

Full day care nursery for 3 month to 5 years olds 8am-6pm. After school and Holiday club for 5-11 year olds.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
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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
31/03/23*£695£691£4£0£201£2013.5320
31/03/22£656£635£21£0£197£1973.7320
31/03/21£564£583£-19£1£176£1763.6300
31/03/20£588£618£-31£0£195£1953.8300
31/03/19£600£612£-12£1£226£2264.4320
31/03/18£566£546£20£546£238£2385.2300
31/03/17£494£532£-38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£479£526£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£511£479£31£3£303£3017.5290
31/03/14£473£469£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£442£482£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£413£457£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£434£429£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£417£412£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£413£396£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£360£354£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£353£323£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£404£295£109£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£337£244£93£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£173£148£25£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 21 years
(23 years as a company)

www.acornsearlyyears.co.uk

info@acornsearlyyears.co.uk

01322550568

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Child day-care services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bexley, Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • SEAN WEBBER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Engineering And Property Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/01/2003, number: 1095582
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/11/2000, number: 04102880
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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 8 days late,
Main office

ACORN EARLY YEARS CENTRE
JOY HOUSE
FRANKLIN ROAD
DARTFORD
DA2 7UZ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN BEXLEY, KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING FACILITIES FOR PLAY AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THESE CHILDREN IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BEXLEY, KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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