## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/04/2024 To**
## **31/03/2025**
## **Charity name: Grovelands Park Preschool**
## **Charity registration number: 1001809**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide preschool education within**
**the local community.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**The preschool offers care in a learning**
**environment for children aged between**
**2 & 4 years. We use a broad and**
**balanced curriculum.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18||
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteer committee**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**See accompanying report**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**See accompanying report**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**See accompanying report**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**To cover redundancies in the event of**
**and for emergency repairs.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£11K**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Local County Council funding and fee-**
**paying parents. Also includes donations**
**from local companies fund-raising on**
**our behalf.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**We still remain competitive with a great**
**working environment but we are always**
**aware of new preschools and nurseries**
**opening around us.**|
|Other||**Being independent benefits our children**
**foremost with our dedicated staff**
**providing a great place for children to**
**be.**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Associated**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Elected at AGM**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
**Enhanced DBS checks**
**EY2 checks**
**Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children’s**
**Board**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Works closely with the Vale Academy**
**Trust with training and also including a**
**close relationship with Millbrook**
**Primary School for the transition to**
**Reception class.**|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Grovelands Park Preschool|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1001809|
|Charity’s principal address|School Lane
Grove
Wantage
Oxfordshire
OX12 7LB|
|||
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Leeanne Brownlie|Chair|||
||Jessica Bennett|Secretary|||
||Jessica Musgrove|Treasurer|||
||Nicola Collett|General Committee|||
||Elizabeth Henson|General Committee|||
||Anneka Bosley|General Committee|||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
**N/A**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
||**N/A**||
||||
||||
||||
||||
||||
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Jessica Bennett
**Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
## **Grovelands Park Preschool**
|Independent examiners report|2|
|---|---|
|Receipts and payments account - current account|3|
|Profit and Loss Account|4|
Page 1 of 5
## **Grovelands Park Preschool**
## **Independent Examiners Report**
I have examined the books and vouchers presented to me for the year ended 31st March 2025 and have prepared the accounts on page 2 from these records.
Hayley Hill ACA Athena Accountants and Business Advisors
DATE: 23/01/2026
Page 2 of 5
## **Grovelands Park Preschool**
## **Accounts - Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **Current account 0142256**
|**Receipts**
Grants
Fees
Fundraising
Other revenue
Interest Income
Opening balance|**£**
146,203.30
25,368.00
3,291.82
-
100.18
174,963.30
**29,432.89**|**Payments**
Staff wages
Pensions
Insurance
Staff training
Nursery supplies
Staff uniform
Telephone
Utilities
Repairs & Maintenance
Accountancy & payroll
Bank fees
Cleaning
Health and safety
Software and IT
Postage
Stationery and printing
Alarm and security
Subscriptions
Staff Welfare
Household relief
Inclusion Fund
Closing balance
Per bank statement
Difference|**£**
109,818.34
4,291.39
3,025.15
1,805.60
5,621.55
138.26
215.20
6,042.52
7,851.33
630.00
60.00
648.38
-
873.60
2.60
1,164.12
422.56
107.88
653.49
795.00
121.56|
|---|---|---|---|
||||144,288.53|
||||**60,107.66**|
|||||
||||**60,107.66**|
||||-|
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## **Profit and Loss**
## Grovelands Park Preschool
For the year ended 31 March 2025
|**Account**|**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|
|**Turnover**|||
|1-1 funding|1,183.20|0.00|
|Donations (unrestricted)|0.00|2,055.00|
|Fundraising (restricted)|4.50|0.00|
|Fundraising (unrestricted)|2,104.12|5,362.55|
|Grants (restricted)|8,664.45|5,530.54|
|Grants (unrestricted)|0.00|16,907.91|
|Inclusion fund|(121.56)|0.00|
|Interest Income|100.18|44.48|
|Nursery fees|23,654.00|27,798.70|
|Nursery fees-extra session|666.00|320.00|
|OCC grant funding|137,538.85|76,294.39|
|Registration fee|750.00|1,250.00|
|**Total Turnover**|**174,543.74**|**135,563.57**|
|**Gross Profit**|**174,543.74**|**135,563.57**|
|**Administrative Costs**|||
|Alarm and security|454.16|441.60|
|Audit & Accountancy fees|630.00|600.00|
|Bank Fees|60.00|66.00|
|Cleaning|648.38|123.47|
|Depreciation Expense|172.08|2,005.04|
|Employers National Insurance|1,597.71|47.91|
|EYPP Resources|234.07|0.00|
|Health & Safety|0.00|1,142.37|
|Home visits-mileage|29.59|0.00|
|Household relief|795.00|1,830.00|
|Insurance|3,025.15|2,723.91|
|IT Software and Consumables|873.60|653.28|
|Pensions Costs|1,847.89|1,691.31|
|Postage, Freight & Courier|2.60|15.50|
|Printing & Stationery|1,164.12|382.53|
|Repairs & Maintenance|7,851.33|1,763.81|
|Resources for nursery|5,387.48|2,299.70|
|Salaries|110,590.08|97,529.76|
|Staff Training|1,805.60|509.68|
|Staff uniform|138.26|196.16|
|Staff welfare|623.90|258.27|
|Subscriptions|107.88|209.88|
|Telephone & Internet|215.20|597.20|
|Utilities|6,042.52|5,155.64|
|**Total Administrative Costs**|**144,296.60**|**120,243.02**|
|**Operating Profit**|**30,247.14**|**15,320.55**|
||||
|**Profit on Ordinary Activities Before Taxation**|**30,247.14**|**15,320.55**|
||||
|**Profit after Taxation**|**30,247.14**|**15,320.55**|
||||
_Please note: The figures shown on the Profit and Loss account will differ to the figures reflected on the Current Account Page 3, as the Proft and Loss is prepared on an Accruals basis._
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## **Balance Sheet**
## Grovelands Park Preschool
## As at 31 March 2025
|**Account**|**Account**|**31 Mar 2025**
**31 Mar 2024**|
|---|---|---|
|**Fixed Assets**|||
||**Tangible Assets**||
||Nursery equipment|7,834.64
7,834.64|
||
Nursery equipment depreciation|(7,834.65)
(7,662.57)|
|||**(0.01)**
**172.07**|
|||**(0.01)**
**172.07**|
||**Cash at bank and in hand**||
||Grovelands-Main account|60,107.66
29,432.89|
||Grovelands-Petty Cash|111.42
384.51|
||
**Total Cash at bank and in hand**|**60,219.08**
**29,817.40**|
||Accounts Receivable|610.00
908.00|
|||347.60
316.00|
|||**61,176.68**
**31,041.40**
**one year**|
||
Historical Adjustment|
(28.00)
0.00|
||
PAYE Payable|502.64
461.00|
||
Pensions Payable|330.19
309.92|
|||2,390.63
2,708.48|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Grovelands Park Preschool **members of On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2025 **Charity no** 1001809 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/03/2025** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
|**Signed:**||**Date:**|23.01.2026|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
|**Name:**|Chloe Dennis|||
|||||
|**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**|ACCA|||
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|**Address:**|28 Boston House|||
1
**Oct 2018**
**IER**
Grove Business Park
OX12 9FF
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
2
**Oct 2018**
**IER**