2024-08-31-accounts - Little Acorns (Oaklands)

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date		Period end date	Period end date
From	1st	September	2023	To 31st	August	2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Little Acorns (Oaklands)

Other names charity is known by Little Acorns (Oaklands)

	Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address	Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address	Registered charity number (if any)1076561 40 Weeds Wood Road Chatham Kent Charity's principal address Postcode ME5 0QS ~~——~~	Registered charity number (if any)1076561 40 Weeds Wood Road Chatham Kent Charity's principal address Postcode ME5 0QS ~~——~~
	Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
1	ShayGooch	Chair
2	Jane Scates	Trustee	Appointed 5thSeptember 2024
3	Sade Crawford	Trustee	Appointed 5thSeptember 2024
4	Lauren Vidler	Trustee	Resigned 1stSeptember 2024
5	Annalise Wells	Trustee	Resigned 1stSeptember 2024
6	Ruby James	Trustee	Resigned 1stSeptember 2024
7	Annie Moore	Trustee	Resigned 1stSeptember 2024

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

~~Oo~~ Name Dates acted if not for whole year Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted

Constitution

Association

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by existing Trustees Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups.

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In planning the activities for the year and setting objectives, the Trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and in particular the supplementary public benefit guidance on advancing education and fee charging.

The key objectives for the year were the encouragement of the children to become more independent through free choice play and also building upon their interaction with other children and adults.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The children have had a varied education programme for the year. encouraging them to be more independent during their playtime. We have nurtured their skills with cooking, preparing food and social awareness of cultural differences and festivals.

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Section E Financial review

It is the policy of the charity to utilise a majority of the incoming resources Brief statement of the in the short term for the furtherance of the charity’s objectives. The charity’s policy on reserves reserves that are retained are held to ensure that any unforeseen expenses or costs increased can be covered. Details of any funds materially None in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:  the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);  how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;  investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ~~~~ Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. ~~~~ Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) S M Gooch (May 20, 2025, 2:37pm) Full name(s) Shay Gooch Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc)

Date 20 May 2025

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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |LITTLE ACORNS (OAKLANDS)|No (if any)| |1076561| |Receipts and payments accounts|CC16a| |For the period|Period start date|Period end date| |To| |from|01/09/2023|31/08/2024| |Sr|Section A Receipts and payments| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Total funds|Last year| |funds|funds|funds| |to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £| |A1 Receipts| |Fees|13,929|-|-|13,929|7,100| |2 Y/O|43,224|-|-|43,224|22,526| |Miscellaneous|200|-|-|200|50| |Fundraising|-|-|-|-|192| |Bank interest|15|15|11| |CJRS|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|(Gross income for| |AR)|[ 57,368 ]|-|-|57,368|29,879| |===|A2 Asset and investment sales,|===| |(see table).| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|-|-|-|-|-| |Total receipts|57,368|-|-|57,368|29,879| |=|e| |A3 Payments| |Salaries|36,015|-|-|36,015|24,051| |Sundry costs|4,829|-|-|4,829|4,950| |Equipment|671|-|-|671|418| |Maintenance|141|-|-|141|78| |Management & Admin|-|-|-|-| |Training|304|-|-|304|200| |Bank Charges|129|129|128| |Miscellaneous|739|-|-|739|696| |Sub total|[ 42,828 ]|-|-|42,828|30,521| |A4 Asset and investment| |purchases, (see table)| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|[ - ]|-|-|-|-| |=|Total payments|42,828|-|e|-|42,828|30,521| |Net of receipts/(payments)|14,541|-|-|14,541|- 642| |A5 Transfers between funds|-|- -|-|-| |A6 Cash funds last year end|2,285|- -|2,285|2,927| |Cash funds this year end|=|16,826|-|- 16,826|=|2,285|

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

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|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Categories|Details|funds|funds|funds| |to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B1 Cash funds|Current Account|15,799|-|-| |Deposit Account|1,027|-|-| |-|-| |Total cash funds|16,826|-|-| |—====| |(agree balances with receipts and payments| |account(s))|OK|OK|OK| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |funds|funds|funds| |Details|to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B2 Other monetary assets|-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |—=_——| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B3 Investment assets|-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |7| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B4 Assets retained for the|-|-| |charity’s own use|-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |its| |Fund to which|Amount due|When due| |Details|liability relates|(optional)|(optional)| |B5 Liabilities|-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |Signed by one or two trustees on|Date of| |behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print Name|approval| |20 May 2025| |Shay Gooch| |S M Gooch (May 20, 2025, 2:37pm)| |—|=| |CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|2|19/05/2025|

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Little Acorns (Oaklands)

On accounts for the year 31[st] August 2024 ended

Charity no 1076561 (if any)

Set out on pages 1 and 2

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2024 .

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

~~20 May 2025~~ Date:

Signed: Date: ~~Leanne Rosemary Gurr (May 20, 2025,~~ 8:52am) Name: Mrs L R Gurr, The Accounts Lady ~~Ps~~ Relevant professional ICAEW qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: 7 Southbourne Grove Chatham

Kent, ME5 8HX

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Section B Disclosure ~~ee~~

October 2018

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Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

October 2018

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