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Comwry Number 0699W6 *ACK7E0B• 29103r2Q3 COMPANIES HOUSE A17

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uitle Thetford A￿rnS pred￿01 & ChLllrErfs aub VAS Incorporated on 19 August 21YJ9. req15tered as a tharw on 2314 Novtsnber 2009 and •thltles In January 2010. A purpostrbullt bullthn8 WIS tompleted In February 2010• U5¥1 8faTrt fundinA fyom Sure 57art and Cambrfdseshlre County Coundl. The Bwlness Plan and bulldln8 desl8Tr al￿ coristrurtlon were developed and manw the resourns withln the pArent qroup tosether wlth experfence ¢fth¢ commltted stsff. childcare Indudlw thro￿ the sdwl halldays. Ow purpose4￿ settky Is $ltu•tsd M Parfsh Councll land and 55 apprnlmety 4(M)m from the Prlmwy School enabl1￿ dose worklni wlth our colleagues In edu4kn as well a5 belry cowlent f(Y our parert ugeT5. uttlo ThÉtford Acoms would not be able to operate ￿tth0￿ support of all the parent user Ind In partleulaf the efforrs ol parents on the Committee who work hard to malntaln our prone. fvndralse for everrts and artas maln Ilalson between Dlrectoi% Users and Staff. The ¢urrert Dlrector5 are very pleased to see that all the hard work In Setting up Uttle Thetlord Acorns has resulted in such a Well4￿ed Pre-school a well-re8arded cornmunlty prov1510n. Uttle Therford Acorns relles on the Ikdlcatlon of the volunteer Director5 and C<Thmittee ￿ernbe￿ and we are pleasal tlt (w efftyts those of tlke staff have led to another successfvl year. Swafftin Dlrnctor R Cfossma Clkilr & Dlre¢tor C Waptaff Dlrector L Brooknr E Weaver DifeLtor

The Mana8emert c￿￿rn￿ presents Its rewt and Ilnandal Statem￿ for th• year ended 31 Awt 2021 . Chrlty retratlon number. 1132906 CThnpary re8lstratlon number. (W95636 Oate of Inworth: Aul￿t 2009 CarnbrId8tsN￿ CB6 3HG Dlrntta K Mnton Mrs M WaNkk lsoryetsry, reKd 20tt1 Oct 2022) Dlre¢tor Mrss Warren Mrs R crossM￿ {appdnted secretary 20th ott 2022) Dlrectar Mfs R (r¢sW￿ 20th ort 2022) Ms Sarah Parish lrns18ned 201h Oct 2022) D Haryey (reswied 2cII Ort 20221 Mrs Cwaptsff {appolnted IP Nav 2022) Mrs E Wea￿r lapwnted 17th Nov 2022) Mrs L 8ruoker lappointed 1711 Nryrf 20221 Dlrector Director Dlrector Dlrector DlrKtor Prindpal Offlrar. ChalrpeThw4 A5 K 1Olton Westr￿n5thr Woolpadt Chambers 16 Mafket Streel Ely. C874 Sd*or. Tlrn Webb & Corfleld Solldto 16 Unlon Road, Cambrfdy, C82 IHE lftd•p•nd•nt Pond H 56 Statlon Raod H￿￿enharn

FOA ThE YEAR ENDED 31AUGIIST 1012 The Dlrettors rrru#ees) present thelr ann￿1 report with the ac¢¢unts for the year ended 31 Awt 2022. The accounts comply wTth the requliements of the Cgrnpanl&s ￿ 2￿. the Chafftles P£t 2011, the Memordndum and Artldes ofA5sod•tt￿ Fkn•nthl Reportlng Stsndard IOZ and follow the recoM￿atIOnS In kcounthg and lleportin8 by Charltles: Statement of Recommended Pfactl¢e appllrable to chartties preparfns thelr accounts In accordance wlth the Flnan(¥al Reportln8 St)dafd appll¢able ln the UK and Republlc of Ireland (FRS 102) (effectlve I January 2015). srRU ilttle Tltfonl fvmms operates a5 a Chullab￿ Comwny Umited by Guarantee. IKorporated on 19¥J Au8ust 2009 and re8lstered as a Charity on 23rf November Z(X)9. The comp•ny was establlshed under a Memorandum of Assodathn whkh e5tsbllshed objects and p(wer5 of the Charltsble compary and 1$ 8overned wjder Its Artldes of Assodatlon. In the event of the compary hel￿ wound up mernbets are requlred to contribute an amount not exceedln8 £L olntrn of Man e and M Iwshl The dlrectors (rfthe c(Mnpany are olso dMrfty t￿￿e$ forthe puw of tharity law and under the corynvs Artldes are known as memben of the Management Commlttee. Under the ulrements of the Memorandum and Artldes of 'AssacL￿on the members of the Mana8ernent ComrnlttÈe are elected from exlsth usw5 rA the serykes to serve for a wlod ol one year after whlch they rnust be re4lerted at the next AGM. up to a maxlmum of slx Y&ecutlve Itars. The Mana8emert Comrnltiee typlcalty meet once every 44 weeks to dlscuss buslnes$1 bulldlry and Staffi￿ related mattw strncture TRUSTEESIMAWEWNT COMMITfEE Deputy Preknschool manayr Head Teacher Foundatk•n stsge Teather Prtrsthool Asslstants Rellef Wwker51 Volurrtee

Iloldln8 rqutsr me•tlrry5 ffiable5 the lthnfjftutlon of ary maJ¢Y rf5k •arfy. whether ft Iln•ndaL #affi￿ Ofsted or marv￿￿dIN8 rnlated rtG Ary addltlanll v•qulred ts dISa￿sed, for 4xwnple If 4 1wthts1￿ event ts roqulred OT 8wlness Support rnqulrnd fml the C• C￿lIE•rIY Y•ws Alknnc•: or If •dthlonal Jtsffl iesour¢es Bre rmded Ow sole8￿Ing thlmren Poll¢y ts of prfrne IibwlinR and Is contlnu?Ily rethved arKI updat•d ff fequlred. Dally rbk a￿mertI of the settln8 ve •ss•ntl41 forthe safety of thlldren and sl•ff. theth we revle¥rtd rewlwly and upd•ted. Mo IntrlMlcpartrfthetrpandolthatthry . ttts ourlntenuon tolnstffln eoth chlld• The 5ettlllg •ttracts Pfftvxhoolw5 from Utlle Tltford but also frorn the Ely area and surrwndlw ¥lll¥8es. Our hollday dub attiacts from our prHthookn 45 well as K51 prfrnary hool4y thlldrnn fvorn Uth Thethxd Prliiwy School arnl meets the rmd5 ofthe hryllles In the vlll•8e and Places allable Tlrnes of openl No lonsera￿lI?b1e Wrap around a.nL e 2y~Rlslry Ys PrfrSchoDI • 2y- 5,3 09AXI- 1&30 hw5 4e 2y- Rlslry 5.5 15,30- 1611 hows Wrap ¥omd Pm. Hollday *•3y-W7 TuesduydunTnq thefvandal>Tar2021.2Z

FORINE YE￿ EIIDED 31 •AIGUST 1022 th• Prfrschool: Here ￿ corrtlnue to provfde a vRlcornln8 and 5tlmulth envlronmenL provldlr a Varlety of arti￿tieS and opportunltles trthe These indude ￿Thd and watsr pl)y. ¢onstruLtlon toys, musk and slrylw arts and ¢rnfts, W[Al￿ are4 mathematics are4 home merlrolwilay area. as as opportunftks for outslde play. We th have 8 rollln8 snack tlme, when healthy snacks brought In from home are enjryed. On a Mondty momln& we run a Forest School MS￿on forthe ¢>ver 3,> Wè spend the mornln8 In the I¢x41 foresL led by a quallfled F￿est School pradltloner. Thls Iwlratlonal priMx5 all thildren rqular oppOrt￿ltIeS to achleve and develop and self4steem through hand5-on learni experiences in • woodland or natural environmerrt wlth tree& Forest School Is a speclaltsed leamlry èpwoath that sitswlthln and cornplements the wldercontext of olltd(￿r and woodland educatlo We provlde a and varfed affrlculum based on the Ea￿ Years FO￿dItIOn S￿￿• offe actmtles and opportunltles to enable the thlldren to be confident and lndert learners. The stsff use Infrymallon plned thwh obsuvkn and a5swmert to Inform thelr plannln8 to ensure that Indlvldual d￿mIerf$ needs a￿ met. Indmdual pyrfrnss records are re8ulafly n￿1n￿1Th¢￿ We ¢￿Ure that chllthen are Involvod lft the plannlry of actmtles and rentslcommittee are invdved In the future purthases of •quiwnentlresources by • varfety (rf rneans suth a5 dlscwlons and questlonnrn& We use the keyevson system to enable us to work dosely wlth famlnes and help us meet Indlvtdual chlldrerfs needs and further ethance the educatlon and carn we providL Lunch prov1￿. P•rents th• option of thek thllrfs stsslon In pre•SCW, 5endlni In a'p•cked lunth for thÉlr thHd. Wrnp araund aKe; Parents arn able to be fiexlble. acaxdlw to thelr dally requwements and book to use the wrdparnnd care pnylided to extend the hows at pre4¢hool. Thi$ financial vear, we dldn't open up the mornln8 wrdparnurxl care. due to 18ck of demand and staffln8 restrTCtions. We offered after-sdiool wrdparound are an Mondays and Tue5day51 when there W15 enouth d•mand. IlolAy club: Th1$ year. onfy ran the Lister Hdlth aub due to stthng restrfrtions In the summef. It was a¥atlable for ￿r Current thlldren plus thelr Sa￿1￿ up to the •8e 017 Iyear 2) and we also Offer￿ placos to LT. Prfmary lor KSI We have outstanthng partnefshlpswlth parent/rare￿ We reco8nisethat parentslfarers are thelr thlldren's prlmary educators and the Importance of wlth thrtse dosestto the chlldren. We achlele thls ty ensurlTrg that parefttslcarers hwe the opportunjty to dlscuss thlldren's prnertss wlth staff through wular ffleetIn￿ Staff are avallable at the stsrt and end of each sesslon. We ictl%ly sUPP¢Xt parentslcarers If they wlsh to attend a se5slon at the provlslon LY If they wlsh to be Irkned in the O￿anISal10n ofthe 8roup by ljeln8 a commlttee membor or fe8ular volunteer. As the Covld.19 8uldellnes reld t1*r￿sh the year, we were able to start Invltlni parerrts and famllles back Irrto settln£ aBaln thls year, Indudlno vlslts from new. wospectfve famllles. We hm Bood Ilnks ￿ the local school and cc4rt1nually strlve to seek new Ilnks wtthlft our local c4mmunlty.

W• tftnslllLvl successlully our lariut of chlldren mr¢Aw to prfmary sd￿￿1 In t 2022-211ft totsl. 83% of respondents to ioaver¢ Questicnnalrn the pmious year. In Autumn 202 a8reed or strnnqly a8reed that thelr thlld was vKllrepared emotlt)n•lly ind soclallv for prffflary schoDL Thls to 11)0% forthe re￿At c¢Jhort. liTh of respondents sald thy felt thelr chlld acadernlcally wellrepKed (thls dropped sllihlly In Sept 2022 a5 we had one family WIM) felt stron8ly that the academ1¢ focus wasn't what ty expected). both PTe-sthoDI and fundr￿￿￿ elents as the C•41&19 8uDdelines relaKed. The fvndralsin8 team met thelr £3k tai¥eL tlwo¥h a cornblnatlLm of fundr4sl actmtles and donatlonslspon50f5hlp. Our fundrilslry¥ commfttee was succethd In appealtw fOrSpo￿aT5hiP fmm l¢xal panles. as wdl as a £XAI donatlon forsand foroursand plt fT￿n the bullder5. We trfaled a re8ular RUsb￿ts artlvlty sessk)n durfrq sprfn& whlch the ¢hlldren really enjoyed. Thls helped to develop aross motorsklll4 as weu as teamwork and learnlnsto follow lTrstnthM. We confimd our Attin8 In ytas pernmnent Pre-sthool M4Mier. Slaff contlTrued to attend cournes ￿lIne and enhaKe their trdlftlry In other areas throu81￿Ut the year. We replaced our vinyl safety fi¢xKFnE thrOu81w￿ prtrschool and remtrrtd the c•w the readlTra area. to the WOLwn morn Irrtlenk and • lrfpph¥ hu•rd where the fi(￿rI￿ had a8ed and lffted sll6htly. The Comnth team repalnted the fflaln nxxn at Prtr5d￿￿, 8Mry It a fres￿ clean We replaced 11tht1￿ In the thlldrerf5 tollets to ensure they felt safe. Pre¥lou5 ￿hts were too dlm and causlfto some 3Th￿. We malntslned a rellertfve team whlth help5 U5 to Imprm ind enh•n¢e the provlslon, ￿￿n8 staff meetlnB5 to dlScu5s15su￿ ar151nB• Invrte suu8e5tlons: feed Into plannlnt and developjolntly the pre-sdKKA ethos. We contlnued to keep the webslte updated to ensure It Is an exceifent sowce of I￿Orn￿tIon forcurrent users ￿ well as new parents searthlngfor Informatlon. We mntlnued to run ow popular. *wkly Forest Sch¢yd 5esslons, led by our quallf Fmst Sthool l¢ador. We contlnued to use Ta￿sty to rec￿￿ otssomtlons and to bulld rnl#tlonshlps between pTfrsth￿ and paren We contlnued to bulld Ilnks wlth LT prIM￿ Sd￿1. Induthry thdr vlslt for Road Safety Week. We have In¥ested In a ITS￿ as the old Pts no lon8erfft for purpose. We started (Mr fltst ever Awertlceshlp In Sept 202L Due to Pu￿nal reasons huwevff. the rnember of strff left at the end ofthe academkyear.

fOrth￿rn . The charlty ￿ to contlnue the actl¥ftle5 ￿￿ll￿ed abm In the forthcufilry year. althoygh are not offerfn8after hour5 wrnparound ¢are thk academic year. We need ts Incrthise the Nmber of u5er4 esp¢d￿lY In the afternoon sesslon% We wlll contlnue to athertise and promote ourservlces. We aim to recNIt a bank member of staff, to take ihe wessure staff slckntssltralThl Staff development ¢thItIn￿ to lkntify staff trnlnlno raqulrements thrwh the Professlonal DevelopTrert Re¥1￿ Half.termly supemskn and anNal •pprnlsalstake place. Wewlll erett a ferKe to secure the arna an￿￿￿ the shed. We wlll contlnue to ImPrv￿ the resowces In the yHthool. We are In r4¢elpt of a 8rnnL rolled over frorn previous years. Thls Is belng spent thls academ1¢ year on trnlnlry the prÈ4chool mwto quallfy as a Forest Schoal leader. We will promote the Yaluè of beccmlw a Committee member to malntsln a iood balance of old and new Members. Thls year, forthe first tlme. we set upjust GW as a posslble fundralslw plthrm. Thls needs to be revlewed and explored durfn8 the eomln8 year. We wlll implernent fully the ITSYSte￿ Indudnw upgradlry the prfrter. Commlttee wlll on 8rnnt opp0rtynlt￿4 a5 well as spon50rsNp or donatlMs from local 1Xulnes￿ to help fvnd the defidL Cornmlttee wlll rev•mp the prden area to slde of the bulldlng so ft can be wed bv the chlldren. We plan to create a staff llarden to help with staff wellbelro. Prfrtdpal sources of funds are from Earty yea￿ Foufidthn Stale fvnth¥ (whkh accounted for 81% of our In￿Me} and parent fee Income for prtrsthool (13%). h the current ye•r. the charfty has focused cknsely on osh flows and er6ured costs are dosely monltored. Fundrnlslni IKome ts used to offsetthe cost of spedal aLtlvlty days• purdHse Indoor and outdoorequiwnent and re50urces. as well as IMP￿n(the larden area for the ¢Nldren to play I￿ We malntain a calendar of fvndra151ryg e¥ekrt& During 21n2. the fvnthalshw comffllttee ach1￿￿ thelr txget of £3K vla a comblnatlon of fundralsln8 eventy donatlons and Spor￿al$h7p. Examples Indude seasonal cake sales; bottle tombola at G's Farni Open Day: Ba82SChoo￿. Chrlstmas card sales. as well as affiliate marketln8 le Ammin SNdle. The Fundfalslrq team atso lthlated a successful, new actmty thls ￿r. In supp￿1 ¢rfthe Queerfs Platlnurn Jubllee *fth a sP￿￿d ￿alk to BuckJr4ham Palacrf. The Commlttee 5ucce55fully appealed for spons¢yshlp frtyn IIKal firn￿ prforto Chrlstmas and we banked donatlonstcrtali￿ £520. At the eftd of the summer temi, one of our parents sentout an appeal for donatlons from our cohort of leavers and we were very y•teful ft¥rth¢irynerthts donatkn of £250.

Fees lept the STh as l•st yMr. Io fem•ln well n Ilmncthltr ru115t14 to attratt parents and maintsln finandal Vlabllty. Ilry fw5 anmAIty. We hm bu underllnethe fford•bllKyaf d￿ld¢are. Weare a Nmbv af chlldcare ¥￿ther%￿¢M•S 4nd lll rvAth MwLmes pwertslCa￿rn requtst ￿ to dDs rn genern￿lY Supp￿ted bythe hrf%h C4wndl 18•ln thIs￿r. 1￿h • ofQ32 towards our new Iloorfn8. The lar8est expense wa$ the ffjst of and dlsposln8 of one of our Sheds and its o)rrtents1 £7LII). We also purthwd three nvA laptw and a replacemert dlshwasher. W• ¢wreth hold a of3 runn1￿ c05tL The M•naqenrt Committee has •xamined th Charfrfs for resrn In IIBht of the maln rlsks to the oryanlsallon. It has tstsbllthd a pDlky ¥therety the unrestrfcted funds not Committed or Invested In tan￿ble ffixed assets held by the chartty should be 3 months of expendlture and thereffft • tir8et ￿ £25.(¥JO should be held In ynenl ful￿ The reserves are needed to meet the Work1￿ revenue requlfements for the thaflty ond the M•Thawnert commltt•e are corrfldertthat at thls le4el tly would be ableto c•rthue the cwrentacdvltles of the th•rlty Inthe ebTnt of4 $I8￿￿nt drop In futh There are ￿ funds ma¢erf4lly In deftdL Th15 ts a srnall therth no •udA Ls re4￿. kn kendent •xamlnrtlon

The Mana8ernenl Cornm1tt4e of Utue Th￿th￿ ts very yateful to ill the IndMd4tals •Thl oryanlsallons that have helped kn • of ways durln8 th15 year of operatiorL We rdy on dedlotlon and tlme cfven ty staff. ¥dUnte￿ parents and the lool c¢nmunlty. We would Ilke to thank Inthvkl￿ ￿￿nI51t1￿ members of the local vlllaue cornmunlty for thlr flnandal supprt whether ft Is from a dor•llon or one of our funérnl￿rf event& and playequFpmen¢ vknlth c•n be used ty the dthn In the set¢1 People also ￿ up thelr tlme to l the thirfty In many way5 Ihkrf tth charfty tlectlon4 belnz ￿rent helper In prtrxhool se5thns and fUndrdlsI￿ events). We rnty on our raffle4 fundra1s1￿ etrto be ableto keep excellent seTrlce. Uttle Thetford Ac•rr6 Ilke to exlend thelr thank5 to the people were responslble for8lviry out 8Trrt5 and those**1￿ hdpod wlth dO￿lTh￿.. In settln8 our pro8ramme eath year, we ha¥e relard to both the thartty Commlsslon's qeneral luidan￿ on publk benefft and pre¥errtlon and rellef of poverty for the publlc benefiL Th• tNStees alwtys ensure that the acbvltles undetske and sevvl¢es prpvlded are In Ilne wlth oureharltable obJe¢tsand alm

and the flnandal ststements In acurdanc• wlth applkable law and r•wlatlon& Company law requlrns th dlr•ctois Iwho art also trustees for th• purpose of Cha￿ law) to flngnclal st•tements fvr each IlnaThd￿ ￿r. Under thrt law the dlrector5 hav• •leci•d to prryare the finandal staleffl￿ In aca)rd￿ wlth Unlted Klngdom G?ner¥lly Awted PraLe lun1￿1 Klnrn Stsnd•rts •Thl applicable lawl Under compafry Iw the dliErtorn murt nrt approve the flnandal staternents unless they are satlsfi•d tht tkn a tnw and falrvl•w rfthe stats of affalrJ gf the cornpary and of the hKofflh¥ wesource5 and •ppllcJtlon of resourw In prwrfn8tha flMnd•l staternefits the dnctors are rety1r￿ to: • selectsult•ble accounllra wkles and then aththem con5tst. MaknJuments and estlnmtes that rea%mble •nd • state whether appllralAe UK ACCI￿rtIry￿ Stsndards have been followed, subjert to ary materlal departuru dlsclosed and expl•lned In the ftn•Thd￿ slatements. and prepare the finarKial Statem￿ an tt c4nc¢rn basls unless It Is Inapproprfath to presume that the c<xr•any wlll tontlnue In IMlnes5. The dlrectorn are responsAe fty keeF4r¢ adequate records that •re sulftdent to sh(w and explaln the comparfs transaLtloM and 4Asd¢xe wlth rea50Mble awJrKy at any tlme the flMncl I¥)￿¢n of the and enable theffl to ensure th the finandal ststemerrts comply wlth the kt XIX Therf ve resPo￿lbIe for safe8uanlln8 the assets of the cornpany and hence for tak1￿ r&uonable steps for the preventlon and dete¢tlon of frnwl and other IrrwlaTItI MaNyTrent Commlitee M 28th Fetxuary 2023 and slyxd on behalf of the thWs tnees *. Slinature.. Kate Hllton io

Period Ended Auyis¢ 31J¢ 2022 I report on the of th¢ fly yeu cThtsJ Au8U%t 31° 2022 se( out on pa8e$ 12.19. Tr tru#ees (v4bo are also ihe dirrflors af the c4￿PanY f(Y the of ' re￿OnsIbIlItie￿Of COMp￿Y law) aTe responsible fLY the weparation of the a¢￿￿ts. The trusttts and trustees cfjnsidu that an audtt IS required for this year under section 144 examiDer (2) of th¢ Charities Aa 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an indep¢ndent e¥aminaiion 15 nealed. Having Wijfied myself that the is not subject to audit and is digbl¢ for independent ¢xarninatiory It is my re5wibility to.. examine the awiwits unts seal￿ 145 rfthe 2011.AcL • to follow the laid dovrn in the ge4wal Dirccti(ms given by the Clwity c<￿￿1$51{￿ (unts s￿tIOn 145(5XTr)) of the 2011 A¢ and Basig of My examiftati(M was carried Lwt in aC¢iff￿ with genernl Directiong given independ¢fjt by the Charity Commi&8ion. An examination includes a r¢view of the eJaminer's rewrt ac£X￿nijOE rerxyds kept by the charity •ftd a crniparig)n of the aK4xmts presented with those rerAxds. li also indudes ¢(msiderntion of any unusu items or ¢hs¢losures in the accounts. and seeking explanation5 from Y￿ as tru￿ con￿T￿4n8 any such matters. The prtxedures undertakffi do not provAde all the evidence thai wLJJld be wuired in an audiL and cA)nsequently no opinion is given &s to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair. view and the rep(wt 1$ limited tothose manffs 5Ct in the next siatement. Independent l ) which gives me rea￿)[￿ble to Ixli¢ve any material r amioer'o the r￿u]rOn¢nts." sta(emeDt io keep a¢rAimtiftg Tecords in acc1)r￿ with sttliffl 386 of th¢ Compatiies kni. and to prepare accAJunts which a￿d with th¢ acuwntin8 records, comply with the a￿Ounting requiremenls of section 386 of.the Compankes Act and with the m#hod$ and Principles of the Siatemcnt of have beth rnet 2) lo whicty in my opinioffj al￿10ft slKxdd k drnwn in"order lo enable C Pr￿¢(￿l FCCA Date".

srATEMEPIT OF HIIANCIALAcnvmES (kndudmw Incom & Expenthiure Juourtl FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2022 Funds Total Funds Total Fu Incornlns reSoUr￿frOM 8ernr4ln¢ lunds Voluntary income A¢tivities forseneratlr8 fi￿￿$ Investment and other in¢ome Incomlng resourcesfrgm 1.050 1,050 1,518 L126 785 L701 Chlldcare servtces 82.327 82.327 94.498 Total Inwmlnz Res¢MffC 86,898 97,927 ndraisiry tradin8: cost of goods sold and other¢osts Charltable actlvltlos Childcare seNlces 178 178 42 91930 91930 950 77,855 1.215 Totsl Resources Empth￿d 79.1 14rtsurplus/(defftW for the y Total fuThls brou8ht fonvard 17,IC4)) 66.169 (7.160) 66.169 18,815 47,354 Totsl fimmls cwrfed lorward 59.009 s9.￿9 66,169 All of the abwe artivit￿S represent orythryactivftle& All reco8nised gains arxl losses ar¢ reflected in the Statement of Financbal Activities and. therefore. no separate Statement of Totsl Re¢08n1s￿ Gain arKI Losses is disclosed. 12

FOII THE YEAR OIDED31 AUGiiff2012 otal Funds gener•th¥funds Voluntary Inwme A¢tl¥ldes for8eneratln8 funds Investrnert and (*her Income Inromln8 raourw from harfl•bJe acthrfu Chlldcare ser¥lce5 &126 785 L701 81327 97.927 Fundrdisin8 tradin8: 800ds sold and other costs 178 178 Chlldcare seNlces 9I9XI 92,950 950 Total Ra￿ul(￿ Expended 94,058 79,1 N•t swp1u￿1￿￿tj f•rth• pir Total fiinds broW forward (7.W) 169 {7,1 66,169 18,815 47,354 Total awrfod forn•rd 64169 All recwdsed aans and losses are ￿ne(ted In the Statement of Flnandal Actl¥ltles and. therefore. no separate Statement of T¢tsl Re¢(¥Trsed Gain ajbd Losses Is dlsdosed. 12

Tan8ible assets li 125,137 131332 CurrentAsRts Debtors Cash at ￿￿tt and In hand 67.1167 65,113 66.135 Amounts fallln8 due TMItNn one . Not Currert A%sets 43J14 5L757 Ln6 183.089 Arnounts falllnl due after moreth one ye•r 14 110,042 59,(K19 116.9201 66,169 Funds Unrestrfcted funds These flnandal ststements hwe been prepved In xcordance with the sped•l provlslons for small companles under Part 15 of the Companles 2C•lS and the An1￿(al Reportlni Standard for Smaller Entltles leffe¢tlve Awll 2cfAI, Forthe year ended 31 Au8urt 2020 the tompany entltled to exemptlon under Sectlon 477 of the Companles Act 2(¥J6. No membern have requlred the eomp•nyto •btakn an *Kltof Its a(￿nts forthe year In question In ac￿rdanCe wlth Sectlon 476. The Trustees acknowledge thelr resp(Msibllityfor. l} ensvrkn8 the compxry keeps acc¢xwrtlry reron15 v￿ch compty ￿th 5e¢iion 356 (rfthe Corynies Act 2(M)6: and 111 preparln8 accounts whlch il¥t a true and falr vlew of the state of affalts of the (ornpany as at the end of Its flnarKlal year• and of Tts Incorne and expendlDJre for the finarKlal year and vthth Othern￿ compty wlth the requlrements af the CompanlesArt relatlryto acaxmts. sofar as •pplicabletothe comwfty. By onler dthe DlrectW5: Mrs K Hllkn-cholrperson Date: n.3.23 13

NOTESTO THE FINANCIAL sfATEwirs FOR THE YEAR ENDED JI AuGusf 2022 l. &•AlUrtln8 Polldos The flnanclal slaternents have been prepared In accwthnce wlth Acc04Nrtlni and Repo￿ne by Charfues: Statement of Rertynmended Prartice appllcable to charftles preparln8 thelr a¢￿unts In o¢¢ordan￿ wlth the Flnandal Reportlni standard appllcable In the UK and Republlc af Ireland (FIIS 102) (effective l January 2015) - ltharftles SORP (F 10211. the FInan￿￿ Repwtlw Standanl kalle In UK and Republ1¢ ol Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companlts ILt ZOO6. Uttle Thetford Acorns meets the definltlon of a public benefft entlty under FRS 102. Assets and Ilabllltles arn Inltlalty at Nstorkal cost or transactlon value unless othen¥lse stated In the relevant aCC¥￿￿tI￿ pdky note. The tharlty has recetved ￿wnMQrt irnnts In ￿ pthod. Grnnts arnl subscrfptlons a recoenlsed In the Ststemeftt of FInar￿al In the pwknd to whlch the Korne relates. All other Income 1$ recognlsed on an acrnHls ba51& Any Inconw restrlrted to fvture accountlTr8 perlodsls thferred and reco8nlsed In those ac¢ountln8 perlods Invmlmert Inmme Investment Inryxnels induded when rec•vab Resources eynded are Induded In the Ststemeffi of FlnarKlJl Actlvltle5 on an acc￿115 basls. Induthe of VAT whkh onnot be re¢ovw¢d. Chafitsble ictl¥lty casts Indwle attrllxrt•ble staff and other costs eath area of the or8anlsatlon t(yether wlth a corre5pondSng appartionment of support costs. The basls of apportlonment Is a cost centre allocatloA based on the h¢•dcount. Depredatlon b wlded at the fo10￿n8 r•tes In order to wrttè off tho cost less estlmed resldual v4ue of eath asset Its e511mated Ilfe. Equipfi￿ flxturf4 and llttlr• FreelY)Id bulldlng . IYA on red￿lrI b•LvKe . 3(Wrs straloht11 Stocks are fdlued at the lower of C{￿ and rt realtsable valu¢ after du• all17￿￿e for obsolete and SI￿ mty•lw ftems. Tauuon 14

Garnl Fund5 These are funds r•AMch can be used In arcprdarKe wlth the dwfftrfs objectlves at th• disuetlon of theTrustee& These are lund5 set ￿de Ly the T￿￿ee5 frrffl the fund5forspeclfic proJe£X& These are monies. whlth have le8al festrfctltyfj on their use vthere donors h•ve spe¢llled the fvnth an onty be spent on certain •fthe aclMtle& . A cash flw ststennt has not been wepared as the Tr1th￿ have taken athanta8e ofthe exemptlons afforded by Flnanthl Report1￿ Stsndard Number l (revised) as the dwrlty ofslmllar stse toa sm311 compary. Ine•m• and Expendlttv•A(count As the Ststefflent of Hnancial Actlvlts refiects the Infon￿atIon requlred by the Cornpanles Act In relatlon to Income and exper￿tur￿ a separnte Income and ExPendI￿re Acwnt has not been prepared. C05t of G•neralln8 Funds Thls comwlses all expendlture relatlry to f*lry fund5 forthe chartty. . I Volunlary Int•m¢ 1.050 Fundrnlslni e¥ents S41es of unlform Lm 144 1,126 L820 15

IM>TESTOThE FINANCIAL STATEMENVS FOR THEYEAR E14DED 31 AUGU￿2021 Interest recelved GAnts received Mlscellaneous Inrorne li Ls(xJ ni 61 1,701 Chlldear¢ fees (rncelved from p•rents} Chlldore fees 1￿CeIVed frorn Cambrldpshlre Cwnty COU￿11 Earfy Year5 Found*lon Staae 71,140 70,420 82.327 94,498 Sundry expenses relatlni tofundrnlsln8 actlths 178 16

66 7?35 1835 1287 66.2fA 7.93S 1835 87 L525 58,146 2,879 Repalrs and malrrtenance aeanI￿ and hyalene Tryo and crnath Insurance L505 67 Office costs Water and rates Elertrlclty Trnlnlry¢ Telephone and Internet Payroll charges Afvertlsl IV Ucence L575 353 1.991 L199 754 651 1.325 917 917 316 449 432 Uniforni Hollday dub expenses Equlpment expensed Otstsd Fev4 Other professlonal fees ndry expenses Oepredat(on ljeferred Incon* credlt- Government 8rart Forest Sthool 17 17 35 $81 35 581 464 518 421 7.731 16.878) 16m) {W8) 26 92 77,855 A¢￿￿)￿ncY and l.E foe 1215 There w•s no dlrtttO￿, remuner•tkn or other benefits forthe wr ended 31 August 202Z 12019- £nll). Dlr•ctorf Exp•ns•s Tkre were no dlreLtors' experdes pald forthe year onded 31 Auiust 202212021- £Th11). 17

Wa8es and salarles NEsf penslon cortrfbutlons 57,423 723 58,146 659 66.260 No employees reolved rnnww•tlon BreatsrthaTr£60.CUI. The •verwe number of emplws durlry the ￿•r Num Dirett th•rttable actfvltles Managernent and admlnlstfatlon The th•rity is nry• re8isteTed ind prthlln8 penslon sdmesto employee5 wlth NEST. Land and At 0110912021 Additions In the ￿r Olsposals In the year 211893 17.037 229.930 1,696 1893 17.933 230.826 At 01109A021 Charye forthe year Elimination Im dlsposals At 3110812022 8&157 13.441 98,598 7.890 92.253 13,435 105,688 Plet Bookvalue At 31108ft02L At 3110812022 127.TJ6 0.639 3,596 131,332 125.137 The charlty holds a lease on the land fmrn the lool Parlsh Cwndl. A peppercorn rent has been paid fora perfod of 25 Yea￿ from Awst 2iX& 18

FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31AUGusr 11 D•btwk. Du• Wlltrth On•Y•ar Trdde debtq Othw debtors 876 1.022 L022 13. Credliv￿. Aw•uiits On¢Yew Accruals and deferred In¢ome other ¢redftors 19,026 S.003 10,616 3,762 14 Cf•d11￿. F•l¥ IXAftw Pkn Than Oneye Deferred Incame: G¢wernment grant broWfor¥Rrd I retelved 116,920 123.79B Trdnsfer U30 to amounts falll wlthln one year 6A78) 110.042 6.878 116 920 Grant funthry was recelved from CarnbridgthlTe c￿nty Councll for the purpose of buslness plannln& buildlng design and corffjtructlorn It Is of the dlrectors, opinlon that the buikfiry will have an esUmed useful Ilfe of aw>roxlmatety 30 years. therefore the deferred Income wlll be credted to the Statement of Flnattlal Act1￿￿eS ITh equal iftstslments Dver 30 yea l& Twijon Uttle Therford Acorns Is consldered to P3ss the tests set In Parn8rJph I Schedule 6 Flnance Art 2010 and t￿re10￿ it meets the delknttlon of a tharlty for UK corporatlon tax purposes. kcorfrth. th• tharity is potentlally exernpt from taXI￿on in Trspett of incoffle or rapltal 8alns recelved wlthln categorles clwered by Chapter 3 Part11 Corpordtlon Tax Act 2010 of Sectlon 256 of the Taxatlon of Chargeable Galns Act 1991 to the extent that such Irtcme or 8•ln5 are applled exdushety to d￿￿table purposes. 19