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ACORN VILLAGES LIMITED

Company no. 01048360 · PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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ACORN VILLAGES LIMITED is an active 54-year-old company, with accounts filed and up to date and no outstanding charges or mortgages registered. No adverse signals found on the public record.

Risk indicatorsNo adverse signals found
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
No outstanding charges or mortgages registered
Established — 54+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years
StatusActive
Company number01048360
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated5 Apr 1972 · 54 yrs
Registered officeAcorn Villages Ltd Clacton Road, Mistley, Manningtree, CO11 2NJ
Nature of business87200 - Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
Next accounts due31 Dec 2026
Confirmation statement due27 Oct 2026

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
263954
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
8 May 1972
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£4,703,274 · year to 31 Mar 2025
Latest expenditure
£4,701,762

What ACORN VILLAGES LIMITED does

To advance the education of adults with a learning disability and associated problems, to provide and support a village community and permanent homes for the beneficiaries where they may lead independent, yet supported lives to the maximum capability of each individual.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Mar 2025 £4,703,274 £4,701,762 £1,512
31 Mar 2024 £4,676,955 £4,650,876 £26,079
31 Mar 2023 £4,392,690 £4,538,019 −£145,329
31 Mar 2022 £4,238,955 £4,371,894 −£132,939
31 Mar 2021 £4,179,930 £4,113,544 £66,386

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (9)

JOHN DEREK WHITTAKERChair
Trustee · appointed 30 Apr 2007
Brenda Elizabeth Eyers
Trustee · appointed 22 Apr 2013
Brian Henry Taylor
Trustee · appointed 27 Feb 2023
COLIN DAINES
Trustee · appointed 16 Apr 2018
David John Willis
Trustee · appointed 17 Jun 2020
Edwina Holly Wyndham Shields
Trustee · appointed 26 Jun 2023
JEREMY MARTIN GRAY
Trustee · appointed 30 Apr 2007
James Brian McElhinney
Trustee · appointed 6 Sep 2024
Judith Anne Owens
Trustee · appointed 22 Apr 2013

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Property & land holdings (4)Premium

PropertyTenureArea
47 High Street, Manningtree, (CO11 1AH) Freehold Tendring, Essex
Mistley Hall Cottage, Clacton Road, Mistley, (CO11 2NJ) Freehold Tendring, Essex
land lying to the east of Clacton Road, Mistley Freehold Tendring, Essex
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Freehold and leasehold titles registered to this company in the HM Land Registry Commercial & Corporate Ownership Data. This covers registered land in England and Wales only, and reflects the register at the date of the extract — recent transactions may not appear.

Directors & officers

CRIDLAND, Carly Marie
Secretary · appointed 1 Sep 2014
DAINES, Colin
Director · appointed 16 Apr 2018 · British
EYERS, Brenda Elizabeth
Director · appointed 22 Apr 2013 · British
GRAY, Jeremy Martin
Director · appointed 30 Apr 2007 · British
MCELHINNEY, James Brian
Director · appointed 6 Sep 2024 · British
OWENS, Judith Anne
Director · appointed 22 Apr 2013 · British
SHIELDS, Edwina Holly Wyndham
Director · appointed 26 Jun 2023 · British
TAYLOR, Brian Henry
Director · appointed 27 Feb 2023 · British
WHITTAKER, John Derek
Director · appointed 30 Apr 2007 · British
WILLIS, David John
Director · appointed 17 Jun 2020 · British

Ownership & control (PSC)

Statement filed — no individual PSC named
Persons with significant control statement
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due31 Dec 2026
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement13 Oct 2025
Next statement due27 Oct 2026
Accounts typeGroup accounts

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