ACORNS CHILDREN'S HOSPICE TRUST

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
1986-07-10
Registered office
Acorns House 103 Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham, England, B29 6HZ
Postcode
B29 6HZ
Accounts category
Group
Charges
5 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-04-05
Next due by
2027-01-02
Financial year end
2 April

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-09-05
Next due by
2026-09-19
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 88910 Child day-care activities

Officers 19 current · 76 resigned

Steven WESTCOTT Secretary
Appointed 2026-04-15
Appointed 2025-09-30
Appointed 2025-09-30
Andrew, Dr SHORT Director
Appointed 2025-08-05
Kevin HESLOP Director
Appointed 2024-03-05

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Group structure 2 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Registered charity

ACORNS CHILDREN'S HOSPICE TRUST — charity number 700859

Registered 1988-11-15 Income £22,219,000 Spending £23,150,000 FY to 2025-03-30

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6348838 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Gender pay gap

6.4%

Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website
acorns.org.uk

At Acorns we help families caring for seriously ill children fill the time they have together with love, laughter and lasting memories.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
CHILDREN'S HOSPICE TRUST1991-08-15

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
8A WAKE GREEN ROAD, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM WEST MIDALNDS, B13 9EZ2006-05-10
ACORNS, 103 OAK TREE LANE, SELLY OAK BIRMINGHAM, B29 6HZ1997-04-30
MONACO HOUSE, BRISTOL STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B5 7AS1989-03-20
84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y OHP1987-05-28

Among its peers

2nd oldest

of 305 similar companies in B, trading since 1986

The class of 1986

50%

of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 28 titles

Freehold
1
Leasehold
27
Most recent registration
2025-06-16
Where
West Midlands (14), Worcestershire (9), Staffordshire (2)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
MM209685 West Midlands Leasehold 2025-06-16
SF700150 Staffordshire Leasehold 2024-08-14
HE75064 Herefordshire Leasehold 2024-07-01
MM191655 West Midlands Leasehold 2023-12-19
WR209748 Worcestershire Leasehold 2023-11-08
WR205503 Worcestershire Leasehold 2022-12-12
MM152892 West Midlands Leasehold 2021-04-19
WK510311 Warwickshire Leasehold 2020-01-07
MM133061 West Midlands Leasehold 2019-10-29
MM123984 West Midlands Leasehold 2019-04-25
MM113730 West Midlands Leasehold 2018-10-26
WR181787 Worcestershire Leasehold 2018-10-19
WR181356 Worcestershire Leasehold 2018-09-26
WR180788 Worcestershire Freehold 2018-08-23
SF638578 Staffordshire Leasehold 2018-07-25
WR179602 Worcestershire Leasehold 2018-06-27
MM93817 West Midlands Leasehold 2017-09-29
WR164339 Worcestershire Leasehold 2016-03-02
MM66335 West Midlands Leasehold 2016-02-29
MM64041 West Midlands Leasehold 2016-01-13

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