## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 09 2024 31 08 2025 **From To** Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Little Acorns Pre-School (Huntingdon) **Other names charity is known by** Little Acorns Pre-School **Registered charity number (if any)** 1125456 **Charity's principal address** Community Room, c/o Stukeley Meadows Primary School, Wertheim Way Huntingdon, Cambs. **Postcode PE29 6UH** ~~—~~ **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Nicola Benge Chairperson 2 Lisa Lacey Treasurer 3 Amy Oliver Fundraiser 4 Bernadette Ducket Minutes Secretary 5 Karen Rossi 6 Sarah Johnson 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~ae~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## Section A Reference and administration details
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**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
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Pre-School Learning Alliance Model Pre-School Constitution 2011 How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustees (Officers and Committee Members) are elected for one year at Trustee selection methods the Annual General Meeting (held in October), Retiring officers and (eg. appointed by, elected by) Committee members are eligible for re-election.
## **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**
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
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local areas;
(c) instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.
During the supervised 3 or 6 hour pre-school sessions for the academic year 2024-2025, pre-school children had opportunities to paint, play with sand/water/playdough/soil/bark/clay/pasta/cornflakes/lentils, complete jigsaws, play with a wide variety of toys and games, role-play and dressup, use a vast selection of craft materials, cycle & scooter, climb & slide, **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** develop ball skills, sing, listen to stories, learn Jolly Phonics action songs with YouTube videos, do baking (cutting sugar amounts), eat and make **public benefit in relation to** healthy snacks, taste foods from different religions and countries, enjoy **these objects (include within** playing outside with our natural resources and grow (and eat) their own **this section the statutory declaration that trustees have** vegetables … to name but a few! We established a book & table-top games library for families to borrow. **had regard to the guidance** All of these activities (and many others) ensured that the pre-school **issued by the Charity** children were working towards the learning and development **Commission on public** requirements of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation **benefit)** Stage.
The trustees and staff of the pre-school have paid due regard to the public benefit of the charity in that all activities undertaken work towards the ‘advancement of education’ of the pre-school children and their parents/carers in the area local to the charity’s premises.
## **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.
## Section D Achievements and erformance p
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
For the academic year 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025, the preschool offered up to 30 hours of pre-school sessions (funded for those in the term after their third birthday) per child.
## **Section E Financial review**
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**Brief statement of the**
The pre-school management committee has built enough reserves to have a 4-month contingency fund.
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially 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)** Nicola Benge **Full name(s)** Andrew Napoli **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairperson Treasurer **etc) Date** 03/05/2026
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|**Little Acorns Pre-School (Huntingdon)**|**Little Acorns Pre-School (Huntingdon)**|**1125456**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**For the period**|**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01/09/2024
31/08/2025
**To**
**For the period**
**from**|||**CC16a**|
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest**
**£**
**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||
|Fees
**-**
**80,945**
**-**
**80,945**
**108,023**
Fundraising
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Grants
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Bank Interest
**263**
**-**
**-**
**263**
**356**
Snack Money
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Other
**223**
**-**
**-**
**223**
**-**
Donations
**249 # -**
**-**
**249**
**-**
Milk
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**735**
**80,945**
**-**
**81,680**
**108,379**
~~a=~~|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**- -**
**_Total receipts_**
**735**
**80,945**
**-**
**81,680**
**108,379**
~~—————~~|||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||
|Rent,Insurance & Repairs
**-**
**9,213**
**-**
**9,213**
**7,315**
Legal,Professional & Admin Fees
**-**
**1,877**
**-**
**1,877**
**1,571**
FundraisingCosts
**-**
**66**
**-**
**66**
**-**
Governance Costs
**-**
**50**
**-**
**50**
**50**
Telephone,Postage & Stationery
**-**
**739**
**-**
**739**
**426**
Ink, photos
**813**
**-**
**-**
**813**
**756**
Housekeeping
**1,980**
**-**
**-**
**1,980**
**3,322**
Catering& Sundryexpenses
**373**
**-**
**-**
**373**
**974**
Website & Advertising
**-**
**-**
**-**
Staff training,wages,tax & NI
**90,503**
**90,503**
**82,189**
Children's activities
**-**
**-**
**-**
Charitable donation
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 3,166**
**102,448**
**-**
**105,614**
**96,603**
~~meee~~|||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**- -**
**_Total payments_**
**3,166**
**102,448**
**-**
**105,614**
**96,603**
~~—————~~|||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**- 2,431**
**- 21,503**|**- 21,503**|**- - 23,934**|**- - 23,934**|**11,776**|**11,776**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**
**- -**|**- -**|**- -**
**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**-**
**- -**|**- -**|**- -**
**-**||**-**|**-**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**- 2,431**
**- 21,503**|**- 21,503**|**- - 23,934**||**11,776**|**11,776**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
Contingency
Fundraising
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**26,066**
**-**
**2,409**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,475**
Agreement Error
Agreement Error
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Nicola Benge|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
|||||
|||Nicola Benge|03/05/2026|
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## **LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL**
## **ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **INCOME STATEMENT**
|Income
Fees
Fundraising
Grants
Donations
Bank Interest
Other
Total Income
Expenditure
Rent and Insurance
Repairs and Maintenance
**Total Premises**
Legal and Professional Fees
Administration Fees
Fundraising Costs
Governance Costs
Advertising
Ink and Photo's
Telephone, Postage, Stationary
Sundry
**Total Administration**
Housekeeping
Catering
**Total Operating**
Staff Training
Wages and Salaries
**Total Staff**
Total Expenditure
Profit/(Loss) For The Year|**£**
**£**
80,945
0
0
249
263
223
81,679
9,213
9,213
1,108
769
66
50
0
813
739
0
3,545
1,980
373
2,352
249
90,254
90,503
105,614
(23,934)
**2025**|**£**
**£**
108,023
0
0
0
356
0
108,379
7,315
0
7,315
300
1,271
0
50
0
756
426
387
3,190
3,322
587
3,909
804
81,385
82,189
96,602
11,777
**2024**|
|---|---|---|
## **LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL**
## **ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
|||**2024**||**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**||**£**
**£**|
|Balance 1 September 2024|||||
|Cash||0||0|
|Bank||46,758||35,338|
|Fundraising Account||2,409||2,379|
|Interest Account||26,066|75,233|25,739
63,456|
|Income|||81,679|108,379|
|Expenditure|||105,614|96,602|
|Balance 31 August 2025|||51,299|75,233|
|Cash||0||0|
|Bank||24,349||46,758|
|Fundraising Account||2,432||2,409|
|Interest Account||24,518||26,066|
||||||
|Balance 31 August 2025|||51,299|75,233|
## **LITTLE ACORNS PRE-SCHOOL**
## **ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025**
## **Report on the accounts of the pre-school for the year ended 31[st] August 2025**
Although not a charity the accounts in the current year, as in previous years are completed to the standards set by the charities act 1993 ,on a profit and loss basis, not cash basis.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
As the charity's trustees you would be responsible for the preparation of these accounts, you consider that the audit requirements of section 43(2) of the Charities act 1993 (the act) does not apply.
It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the general directions given by the charity commissioners under section 43(7) of the act whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiners report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions give by the charity commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees of such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required of an audit and consequently i do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts
## **Independent examiners statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention.
Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the act: and
To prepare the accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the act.
Have not been met; or
To which in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Andrew Springthorpe FCCA AJS Accountants Ltd Gibson House Ermine Business Park Huntingdon Cambridgeshire PE29 6XU