Comwry Number 0699W6 *ACK7E0B• 29103r2Q3 COMPANIES HOUSE A17 #190 uitle Thetford A￿rnS pre*d￿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 $ltu•tsd M Parfsh Councll land and 55 apprnlm*ety 4(M)m from the Prlmwy School enabl1￿ dose worklni wlth our colleagues In edu4*kn as well a5 belry cowlent f(Y our parert ugeT5. uttlo ThÉtford Acoms would not be able to operate ￿tth0￿ support of all the parent user Ind In partleulaf the efforrs ol parents on the Committee who work hard to malntaln our prone. fvndralse for everrts and artas maln Ilalson between Dlrectoi% Users and Staff. The ¢urrert Dlrector5 are very pleased to see that all the hard work In Setting up Uttle Thetlord Acorns has resulted in such a Well4￿ed Pre-school a well-re8arded cornmunlty prov1510n. Uttle Therford Acorns relles on the Ikdlcatlon of the volunteer Director5 and CTar2021.2Z FORINE YE￿ EIIDED 31 •AIGUST 1022 th• Prfrschool: Here ￿ corrtlnue to provfde a vRlcornln8 and 5tlmulth envlronmenL provldlr a Varlety of arti￿tieS and opportunltles trthe These indude ￿Thd and watsr pl)y. ¢onstruLtlon toys, musk and slrylw arts and ¢rnfts, W[Al￿ are4 mathematics are4 home merlrolwilay area. as as opportunftks for outslde play. We th have 8 rollln8 snack tlme, when healthy snacks brought In from home are enjryed. On a Mondty momln& we run a Forest School MS￿on forthe ¢>ver 3,> Wè spend the mornln8 In the I¢x41 foresL led by a quallfled F￿est School pradltloner. Thls Iwlratlonal priMx5 all thildren rqular oppOrt￿ltIeS to achleve and develop and self4steem through hand5-on learni experiences in • woodland or natural environmerrt wlth tree& Forest School Is a speclaltsed leamlry èpwoath that sitswlthln and cornplements the wldercontext of olltd(￿r and woodland educatlo We provlde a and varfed affrlculum based on the Ea￿ Years FO￿dItIOn S￿￿• offe actmtles and opportunltles to enable the thlldren to be confident and l*ndert learners. The stsff use Infrymallon plned thwh obsuvkn and a5swmert to Inform thelr plannln8 to ensure that Indlvldual d￿mIerf$ 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 questlonn*rn& We use the key*evson 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. IlolA*y 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 rel*d 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• tftnslllLv*l 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 vKll*repared 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 well*repKed (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 confim*d 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$h7p. Examples Indude seasonal cake sales; bottle tombola at G's Farni Open Day: Ba82SChoo￿. Chrlstmas card sales. as well as affiliate marketln8 le Ammin SNdle. The Fundfalslrq team atso lthlated a successful, new actmty thls ￿r. In supp￿1 ¢rfthe Queerfs Platlnurn Jubllee *fth a sP￿￿d ￿alk to BuckJr4ham Palacrf. The Commlttee 5ucce55fully appealed for spons¢yshlp frtyn IIKal firn￿ prforto Chrlstmas and we banked donatlonstcrtali￿ £520. At the eftd of the summer temi, one of our parents sentout an appeal for donatlons from our cohort of leavers and we were very y•teful ft¥rth¢irynerthts donatkn of £250. Fees lept the STh as l•st yMr. Io fem•ln well n Ilmncthltr ru115t14 to attratt parents and maintsln finandal Vlabllty. Ilry fw5 anmAIty. We hm bu underllnethe *fford•bllKyaf d￿ld¢are. Weare a Nmbv af chlldcare ¥￿ther%￿¢M•S 4nd *lll r*vAth MwLmes pwertslCa￿rn requtst ￿ to dDs rn genern￿lY Supp￿ted bythe hrf%h C4wndl 18•ln thIs￿r. 1*￿h • ofQ32 towards our new Iloorfn8. The lar8est expense wa$ 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•naqen*rt 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 tl*y 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 k*endent •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 Ih*krf *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 PraL*e lun1￿1 Kln*rn 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*. MaknJu*ments 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 cTESTOThE 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 sd*mesto 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*¥ IX*Aftw 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 esUm*ed 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