Charity number 1135947
Company number 07191897
The Little Acorns Pre-school (Chelmsford)
Financial Statements
for the year ended 31112/2021
Goros￿.

Th¢ Little Acorns Pre-sch(x)l (Chelmsford)
Clwity number 1135947
Company Number 07191897
Contents
Page
Independent Examinerfs Report
Statement of Financial Artivities
Balance Sheet
Notes to the accounts
5-20

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report
on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the
trusteesldirectorsl
members of
The Lrttle A(x)ms Pre-school (Chelmsford)
On accounts for the year
nded
31.12.2021
Charity no.:
1135947
Company no.:
07191897
Set out on pages
I report to the charity trustees on my examinalion of the accounts of Ihe
Company for the year ef)ded 3111212021.
Responslbllltles and
basis of report
As Ihe charivs trustees of the C(xnpany (vhio are also the directors of the
company for the purposes of company law). you are responsible for the
preparation of the accx)unts in accordance v￿th the requirements of the
Companies Act 2006 (Ihe 2006 Acr).
Having satisfied myselt that the a(xounts of the Company are not required
to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for
independent examinaticfft. I report in respect of my examination of your
chariws accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011
(Ihe 2011 Acf). In carying out my examination, I have followed the
Directions given by the Chaiity C(xnmissior) (under section 145(5){b) of the
2011 Act.
Independent
examine¢s statement
I have completed my examination. l (x)nfirm that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed bek)w ") which gives me
Cause to believe that
• acwunting records were not kept in ac(x)rdance ￿1th section 386 of the
Companies Act 20C6" or
. the acix)unts do not a(￿rd with suth records; or
• the accounts do not cornply with relevant accounting requirements under
section 396 of the Companies Act 20C6 other than any requirement that the
accounts give a ttrue and fairf view v4hich is not a matter considered as part
of an independent examination. or
•the accounts have not been prepared in accordanL* With the Charities
SORP (FRS102).
I have no COn￿mS arKI have ￿rne a(xoss no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a prcper understsnding of the accounts to be reached.
. Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not appty.
Signed:

Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(rf any):
Address:
Section 8
Disclosure
Only complete rf the 8xamirEr needs to highlight material matters of concem
(see CC32, Independent examination of d)arity accounts: directions arKI
guidance for examirters).
Give here brief details of
any Items that the
examlner wishes to
disclose.

11&￿7
07191897
eriod
Ltd
Annual accounts for the
To
01.01.21
31.12.2021
Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income
and expenditure account)
funds Totsl funds
Incom• (Nola 31
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05
117.736
32.609
821
5.687
123.423
125,457
26,067
325
821
HMRC grants
10.843
1,932
374
374
Total
Expendlture INote$ 61
)7
Expondlture on..
148.648
5.687
154.335
127.325
S10
S11
Total
S12
Nat incom&llexpendilure) befoye lax for
the reporting peri<
Tax pwb
S13
2.897
2.897
37.310
S14
Net Incom81(oxpendlture) after tsx
before investment gains11k￿seS)
Net98l￿*Sses)oTr
S15
2.897
2.897
37.310
S16
Net incomel(expenditure)
Extraordinary items
Translers bolween funds
Other recognised gainsl(losses):
S17
Sl8
2.897
2.897
37.310
S19
erga1Th6I(k￿￿e￿}
N•t MoV￿t in funds
R6cono'liation ol
lunds."
107,138
110.0
107.138
.035
69.828
.138
Total fvnd$ ¢arrlad fonvard
S24

Chatity No
Compepy No
1135947
071Q1897
Ichehnsforf) Ltd
Balance sheet
Section B
unr95trfjc￿ incorne EThJr1*￿ Total thi5 Totsl last
Fixed assets
Intsngible assets
Tangible assets
Her￿lage assets
Investh)ents
F01
F04
FOS
(Note 151
(Note 141
{Ilote 16)
(Note 17)
Toial fix8dassds
Current assets
Stocks
Dgbto
Investsnents
(Note 18)
(Note 191
{Note 17AI
401
401
Cash at bank and Én hand {Not• 24)
Total euffentassas 810
115.
115,465
115.
115.465
123,¥24
124,389
Creditors: amounts falllng within
one year
(Note 201
BIT
S,430
17,251
110,035
110.0&5
107,138
Total assats less ￿n￿￿lia￿li￿es ts13
Ik
107.138
Creditors: amounts frdlling due aftér
one year
INotÈ 20)
Provistons for liabilllles
B14
015
Totsl n•t3ssets orllatslibes
Funds of the Charity
Endowment funds (Note 27)
Restricted in¢ome frjnds (Noto 271
Unrestrtcted funds
Revaluation rnserve
Falrvalue mrve
16
110.
110.015
307,138
B17
B18
BT9
110,035
110,035
107.138
Total funds
110,035
110,035
107.138
companl•s.
The membern Ih7ve nottEqu1￿dthe company io obialn an audltln accoF*n¢e with section 476 oflhe
Companies Act2(￿.
These ac¢othits have been prepa￿￿1￿ accordanc• with thepm￿tslOft5 appli￿l￿e to small companl•s
subjectto thesmall companies reglme and in accordance wlth FRS102 SORP.
Svjned by one tJJ#e￿dIrector5 on tehaLf cl au Ihe
Cf4QcL l>ifr hJq
ii.g 22
Spjnature of dirÈctorauthents"catrMJ a¢0)L￿ts
beino sent to CoMoan￿5 Hw¥e
Swjnaiure

Section C
Notes to the 3CCaLlPts
Note 1 Basis of preparation
1.1 Basls of accounting
These a(xounts h8v8 been prepared ￿￿lerthe hkthrkal cost convention wilh liems rec(*JnW atu)st or
transaction value unless otheThise ststed in Ihe rdevant Txltelsl to these acc￿[￿.
The aCc￿jnts have been
the St*er￿1 of R￿nded PTactr£: Ac0￿￿tir￿j and RerKKbryJ by Charltses
preparirwJ their arATAJnts in 8ccx)rd8nce with Ihe FinarKial Rep(xting Slandard
in the UK arxl Rew￿lC rA Ir*rhl (FRS 1021 isgxd on 16 Juty2014
. and wrfh.
' and wilh.
the Financial Reportlrvj Standard apF4kaNè in the UThted aThJ Republlc of
IreLAnd (FRS 1021
• and with tha Ch8ribes Act 2011.
The charity o)nstitLrtes a bel￿ gnbty as defiF*d by
FRS 102."
-rKk as 8pprcFri8te
1.2 Going concem
Ifthern are material uncertainties FBlated to events orcondlth¥ts thateastsignfftantdoubt on Ihe charity*
ability to continue as a going concern. please wovide Ihe followkw d•tats orstale "Ilotappliuble", rf
apprnwFate."
An explanation as to thos8 faiaoF5 Ihat support
the cA)nclusion that the charity 15 a g(Mllg
concem;
The ch*ityis able topayall oflts dpbts as andwI￿n theyfall
Disclo9J￿ of any urKXrtain1i8s th8t make the
going concem assumption doubthl:
Where are not prepwed on a
con(%m basis. please disdose thls fa
together wth the basis on which the trustees
prepared the attAwnts and Ihe reason why the
charity is not regarded as a sK)iThJ CAr￿M.
1.3 Changg of accountlng pollcy
The aco)unts present 8 true ar￿ fair vivw aiKI no dws have been N*de to the acc￿Jnting *J¢)pted In
notè 2
Yes"
Please dlsclose..
(ij the nalurn of Ihe chan90 in acwinfrnsi poticy..
n the reasons why applylng thg n•waccount?ng poK
pmvides more reliable and morn rn1o¥afttiTnlomHtiort.'
and
i) Ihe amount of the adjustment fore•ch Ilne affg¢lod
the aggregate amouftt of the adjustment relatin9 to
peiiods before those wes•nlod. 3.44 FRS102 SORP.

1.4 Changes to accounllng estlmates
No changes to acctyjnting estimale5 have the reE￿i pthl13.46 FRS102 SORP).
No"
".Tick &s appwiats
Please disdose."
ofany changes..
Ail the effect of the chang• oft irt¢oTh afftlexpense or
assets and11a￿litIeS forthe cun•n1pw￿d." and
ii?I Whe￿ prnclicable. the of the charye in on•
1.5 MateETal prioryear errors
No materièl prior
ar error have been idenufied in the
3.47 FRS102 SORP .
No,
(i? the nalure of Ihe pri0rpwx￿e￿Dr.
(li) foroa¢h w¥orp•hodprnsentedin the accoun15. thp
affgcted.. and
(iii? the amountof Ihe correction at th• bwmlng of th•

Section C
otes to ¥he accouii ts
Not• 2
2.2 INCOME
Nla.
FRS 102 SIJIP ￿￿¢s 102.
*[Erf￿.10tos.12 FRS1WL S(NIPI.
Mla.
Taxreclalmson
Yes.
grants
¥"
f*l¥tlÈs
SOFA.
VOIui*eet l*lp

Yes.
Nl?"
bKrfptlor
iknia mot(&10 10 5.12 fftS102s0RP}¥￿￿o Lldhsr
Yes.
Nlk.
2.3 EXPENDITURE AND UABILMES
Ye
Yes"
Yes"
Wa"
Yes"
Yes.
Nla"
1t.i* FRS102S(%&.
2A ASSETS
£5
Yes.
Pila"

Yes-
POLICIES ADOPTED
ADDMONAL TO OR
DIFFERE1￿ FROM
THOSE ABOVE

ectioii C
Notès tn thp aCCQLllIt
Incom•
oThations
nd legacles:
DonatKJns and rft5
Gtrt
374
374
cies
General g￿nts rm¥JwJ bygmmrn8rt10th8r
119.026
4.397
IY3.423
125.457
Membership subscripti￿￿ arKI Spu￿¥ShIpS
Donated
HMRC
laalÉbes servi
10,843
138232
119.4LM)
4.397
123.797
haritablÈ
26.067
rtradlng
Sviti¢ts:
325
ots￿r
T¢*al
In18r8St income
DNidÈnd incoffje
Rental and leasi
11
aterlal Item
Incom¢
Converston of 8n(kMwnent bjnds inti) In￿Me
Gain ￿ (fispos￿ ot a t￿ible as*t hekj
Gain ￿ di5PLwI of a [￿JaMMe r8L7ted
RoYal￿S fr(fft ex￿1￿all)n ol lrrtdl￿￿
other
OTAL INCOME
157
fi$￿ F￿￿1 ￿. £615". LY15. Tcdal £1
SEN ￿￿-z12￿J.. £IS25". £1642 Tcla1£3167
aterial: Iploasa discloso the natwe, amount and any wlor
re sums originalty derrt¥ninated In fw•lgn have
includBd in incom•, 8xptain tho basis •n which 11
ich the ar￿0¥￿ts ¥¢ drawn up).
io

ection C
Notes to the accounts
Iconti
Anaty5is of Tgcelpts of government grants
This year Last year
vernment grant 1
overnment grant 2
ovemment grant 3
ovemment grant 4
overnment grant S
overnmerrt grant 6
119,026
121,633
2.423
1.401
cou￿1 Indus￿ Grants
Counol SEN Grants
Council Disabi
Fund Grants
Tants
rant
3.167
HMRC JRS
HMRC &8P
10,652
191
136,300
Total
123.423
loaso provld8 d8lalls of any
nfulfilled conditions and other
ontingoncies aitachiTng to grants
athave b•en rn¢ognised in incom&
lease givo d•taits olother fomts of
charify has diroctly b8nafft8d.
li

Section C
Notes to the accounts
Icontl
Note 6
Expendi￿re
lysls of •xp•ndltrfè
frjr
nts
t)d* Totsi Pllor y￿r
Expendlture on
ralslng ft￿d$.
Incurred See￿"ng donations
In¢uTred seekj.ng legxies
InryJFTed seekin
rants
0per8b.ng mertjership schemes and
Sta￿n9 funthaiEing events
Fundraisng agents
(¥)eratiny chartty shops
Operatng a trading ¢ompany
undert8kn.ng non<hwit&)le tsjiig
27
27
Advertisng, marketing. direct mail 8nd
Start up costs in¢xJThed in generatmg
new source of fubjre in¢on
Database development costs
Cxher trading actyib'es
Investment Manage￿￿nI Costs..
Portfolio mana
ement costs
Cost of obtaining invesbnent
In¥e5tment a¢*n*nistr8tion costs
lntellecbJ￿ property licen￿ng costs
Rent collection, property rep￿T8 and
maintenance charges
Totsl expendlture on r&slw
27
27
EXPendi￿re on
charitable
aclM(les
11 costs
134,011
134.011
113.165
9,733
1.199
Rent
11.651
2.013
1.095
4,302
11.657
Adrninsstrthg costs
2,013
2.325
4.302
ui
ment
1.230
Other
3,228
activities
153.078
1.YJO
154.308
127.325
Separate matertal
Item of expense
Oth¢r
Totsi oth•rexpeThlltslTt
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
153.105
1.230
154,335
127.325

Section C
Notes to the accounts
Note 10
Delalls of certaln types of expendlturn
Nots 10.1 Fees lor examination of the accounts
Pl8aso provid• d8talls of th• am¢wnt paid for•rystatutory extwnal swutiny of
accounts and othors6rvl¢•s provid0d byyoUrinde￿dant ￿lA•r. If nothing
was paidploaso onler Yl'in tho appM￿.ate box{es).
Thk year
Last year
Inde￿ndent examinerfs fees
Tax advlsory f
Other la¢s (for example: financial advic4 consul*. aceotsrtancy services) paid
to the indopendont wminer
13

Nots 11
t1.1 S*rfleo
129081
110.7
l.Y37
1.431
134.011
113.165
F4).000 *£69J
70.ooo 10£79.99•
£80,OfrD ty£89.
90,000 tr*£99.991
1.792
112Awr49• h•Ad¢wrttknth•y•z
Th•p*tsoflhDthaW IR*I￿h1*
12
12
12
14

eclion C
Notes to the accounts
Icontl
0ts12
Defined contribulion pension scheme or defined benefft scheme a¢¢ounted
r as a defined contrilxrtion scheme.
2.1 Pl￿se comple¢e this note if a defined c¢)ntrIbu￿￿ ￿Slo￿ scheme is operated.
ount ol ¢ontrlbudons recognised in
e SOFA as an expense
£1.937
explain the t￿sIS for alo¢aling
e Ilab151ty and expense of defined
ontribution pension schemè bÈt*een
etivities and between restricted and
nrastrict8d funds.
The G￿t of the dEfined contributoon pension ha5 all been
allocated to the wrestricted funds as any allo¢ation based ¢)n
proportAon of I￿￿OUld be immalerlaL
.2 Pkne complete thls section wh￿e Ihe chwity paitici"patos in a ¢*efined bgnafjtp￿S1on plan but is
nable to ascertan Its sharn of th8 underfying assets andliabi7ittes.
lease confirm that although the
cheme is accounted for as a detined
ntribution plan, it is a defined benefrt
lan.
lease provide such informatlon as15
ailable about the plan's surplus or
eficit and the implications, rf any. for
e reporling charity
.3 Please ￿*￿plete ths section *fi8re the ¢h¥ity paltripates in a mu1ti-*oyerdefjt￿ben￿t
ension plan that is accotsnted for as a d￿n￿l ¢ontiibulit)n pl￿.
escrlbe the extent to which the charity
n be Ilable to the plan for other
titles. obligations under fv ternis
d condilions of the mulli4nployef
lan
xplain how any liablllty arising from
agreement with a multi-employer
lan to fund a ddicit been
termlned.
15

Section C
Notes to the accounts
cont
Note 19
Debtors and prepayments
Please complete this note If the chahty has any debtors orprepayments.
19.1 Analysls of debtors
This year
Last year
Trade debtors
Prepayments and aCc￿￿d Income
Other debtor5
401
465
Total
401
465
Complete 19.2 where a matenal debtor is recove•3ble more than a year after the reportlng date.
19.2 Disclosure of debtOT5 recoverable in more than 1 year (Included In deblors above)
This year
Last year
Trada debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Other debtors
Total
16

Section C
Notes to the accounts
cont
Note 20
Credltors and accruals
Please complete this note rf the charity has any creditW5 or accruals.
20.1 Analysis of creditors
Amounts falling due
within one year
Thls year
Last year
Amounts falling due after
more than one year
This year
Last year
Accruals for grants payable
Bank loans and ovèrdrafts
Trade creditors
Payments received on account for contracts
or perforniance-related grants
Accruals and deferred income
Taxatlon and social security
Other cr8dhors
15,660
1.591
4.530
Total
20.2 Deferred income
Please complete this note If the charfty has deferrnd incom
Please ex
lain the reasons wh
Alovement in defen￿ Income acGount
This year
Last year
Balance at the start of tho reportlng perlod
Amounts added in current period
Amounts released to income from previous periods
15.298
17,935
15,298
17,935
15,298
BalanGe at the end of the reporting peri¢xl
15.298
17

Section C
Notes to the accounts
(cont}
Note 24 Cash at bank and in hand
Thls year
Last year
Short tenn cash investments (less than 3 months maturity date)
Short term deposits
Cash at bank and on hand
Other
Total
70,096
44.968
30,091
93,833
18

Sectioii C
Notes to the accounts
Note 28
Transactions with trustees and related partiès
are tr&nsaclions to report
28.1 Trust￿ remunerallon and b8no11ts
FALSE
thelr charlty or a Yelatod •ntity Fa15el
nts paid ty btrnefftval
L•gal authority leg
TOTAL
Caroline GoslirvJ
Go¥erning
docum•ttt
470
20107
more Iruslees. siale nalur# of Ihepynwtand
28.2 Trust•es' g¥pen8
No truste¢ hav• beon incwTrd orFal8el
Subsistsnc8
Accommodatlon
Other Ipl¢w spo¢ifyl:
19

8.3 Transactionl81 r•latsd p*l*•
hav• h•en rto r•l*ed p8rtytran8acU4•M In th• pmd or Fals•l
unts
Relationshlp
to tharity
or related party
tran5Xt6onlsl
during
r•porting
20

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From:
01.01.2021
To:
31.12.2021
Charity name: The Little Acorns Pre-school (Chelmsford)
Charity registration number: 1135947
Company number:
07191897
Objectives and Activities
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit. in partiojlar. the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.
Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit
Pwa 1.17
To provide sessional day-care for
children aged 24 years within our local
and wider community.
Providing Ghildren with a fun learning
environment to help with the transltion
to school. We follow the curriculum
guidance for the foundatlon Stage wlthin
our planning.
1.17
1.19
P4a 1.18
The trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charlty
Commisslon on publ1¢ benefft.
Additional information (optional)
You ma
choose to indude further statements where relevant aLx)ut
SORP felerEn¢e
P•8 1.38
Poltcy on grant makrng
Para 1.38
Policy on social investrnent
including program related
investrnent
The committee is made up of parents
and carers who are all volunteers.
Pwa 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
We also have additional volunteers who
help at fundraising event5.
Other

Achievements and Performance
We provide 7 sessions per week during
tern) time and at the end of 2021 we had
50 children registered wilh us. During
the Summer tenn we had 72 Ghildren
registered.
Summary ofthe main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the differen￿ the
charity's work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to soaety as a
whole.
We held Summer and Chrfstmas partles
forthe children as well as Discos in the
Spring and Autumn.
Additional inforniation (optional)
You ma
ch(NJse to include further statements where relevant abouL'
Achievements against
objectives set
Para 1.41
Perfomiance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
Investment perfom)an
againsl objectives
P¥a 1.41
Other

Financial Review
Review of the charity's
financial position at the end
of the
eriod
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held
P•1.21
Our accounts for the period show a
surplus of £2,897 The total of our year
end funds is £110.035
We currently hold a reserve to cover
running costs for approximately 6
month5. Thi5 includes the cost of
coverin
salaries, insurance and renL
PBra 1.T2
Amounl of reserves held
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Details of fund materially in
deficit
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
conGern
Para 1.22
£70,096
Para 1.Y2
Para 124
Para 1.23
Additional inforniation (optional)
You ma
Choose to include further statements where relevant at)outr.
The charitls principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)
P¥a 1.47
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
Pard 1.46
A description of the prinopal
risks facin9 the charity
P¥a 1.46
other

Structure. Govemance and Management
Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of govemlng document
Pwa 1.25
Memorandum and Articles as devised
b the Pre-school Learnin
AllianGe
Limited Liability Company
How is the charity
constitLSted?
P￿3 1.25
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisrons e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
P*a125
The new commlttee members are
elected at our Annual General Meeting.
Additional infonnation (optional)
You ma
choose to include fijrther statements V￿￿re relevant aboutr.
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
P*a 1.51
The charity's organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
Para 1.51
Rèlationship with any related
parties
Pwa 1.51
Other
Reference and Administrative details
Chari
name
Other name the chari
uses
istered chari
number
Charity's principal address
The Little Acoms Pre-sd)CK)I
Chelmsford
1135947
103 Heath Drive. Chelmsford. Essex, CM2 9HG

Names of the charity In￿teeS who manage the charity
Trustse name
Olke Irf any)
Name of person lor body) antitl•d to
int trustee
Prevschool committee
Deborah Alice Cooper
Clair Maslin
Treasurer
To 19.10.2021
Secretary
To 21.06.2021
Prtrschool committee
Caroline Louise Gosling
Karen Clare Thomson
Pre-school committee
Pre-school committee
Chairperson
Courtney Fletcher
Kerry Brazier
Kathy Morris
Pre-school committee
Secretary
Treasurer
From 21.06.2021
From 07.10.2021
Pre•school committee
Pre-school committee
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orate tnJstees- names of the diredors al the date the re
Director nam•
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proved
Name of trustees holding title to propety belonging to the dBrity
Trust•9 nam•

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets
held in this capacity
Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity's own
assets
Additional infomiation (optlonal)
Names and addresses of advisers {Optional inforniation)
Type of
Name
Address
adviser
Namo of chlef executtve or names of senior staff members (Optional infomiation)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disdosure of ke
nel details
Other o
tional information

Declaratlons
Tho trustees declare that Ilw approved th• tru•ta•s' rnport abov&
Signed on behalf of the charws Iry8lees
Slgn•turn(8}
Full name(s)
Posillon (eg Secrelary.
Chair. otc)
Date
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Trustee
21.9.21