## **Trustees Report**
## **Presentaton of Accounts**
## **2023 - 2024 School Year**
## **14.01.2026**
This report provides an overview of Mollington Pre-school’s financial position and future outlook. The accounts 2023/2024 will be presented for adoption. Their approval will allow us to file them and complete all outstanding obligations with the Charities Commission.
With significant staff and management changes since 2024, Mollington Pre-school finds itself in a much healthier and stronger position.
The pre-school is in a good financial position, showing how the hard work and commitment of the staff have grown the preschool to the level it is now.
Numbers for the future school year, 2024/2025 are positive.
Current Management and staff have transformed the setting, and we extend our thanks and best wishes for the year ahead.
**2023 / 2024 Accounts** Income : £83199 .00 Expenditure : £73274.00
Final 11/06/2023
Mollington Pre-School
Registered Charity Number 1016320
Accounts for the Period Ended
31 August 2024
## **Mollington Pre-School Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Approval statement|2|
|Profit and loss account|4|
|Balance sheet|5|
## **Mollington Pre-School Registered Charity Number 1016320**
## **Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts**
Report to the trustees of Mollington Pre-School on the accounts for the period ended 31st August 2024 set out on pages 2 and 3
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this period under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is our responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Act;
- follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the Act; and
- state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's statement**
Our examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In the course of our examination, no matter has come to our attention:
1 - which gives us reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:
- proper accounting records are kept in accordnance with section 130 of the Act; and
- accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
2 - to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Lounds & Co Chartered Accountants _22/04/2026_
367 Chester Road Little Sutton Ellesmere Port Cheshire CH66 3RQ
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## **Mollington Pre-School Registered Charity Number 1016320 Income and Expenditure Account Period Ended 31 August 2024**
|**Sales**
Fees (Government funded)
Fees (Parents)
Fundraising
Interest received
**Expenditure**
Insurance costs
Rent
Equipment & Resources
Preschool reusables/consumables
Staff Salaries
Pensions
Staff training and welfare
Accountancy and payroll
Professional costs
H&S Compliance
Repairs and maintenance
Subscriptions
Sundry expenses
Office stationery and printing
Advertising
Telephone
**Excess of income over expenditure for the period**|**2024**
**£**
71,115
12,051
-
33
83,199
977
5,700
720
359
59,009
-
1,516
487
85
361
1,834
256
452
311
385
822
73,274
**9,925**|**2023**
**£**
41,741
16,155
704
71
58,671
932
5,530
62
1,707
60,592
-
638
670
123
87
-
202
-
201
115
742
71,601
**(12,930)**|
|---|---|---|
2
## **Mollington Pre-School Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2024**
|**Current assets**
Debtors
Sundry Debtors
Fundraising account
Current account
Deposit account
Petty Cash
**Current liabilities**
Accruals and Creditors
**Net assets**
**General Fund**
Balance at start of period
Excess of income over expenditure|420
292
1,210
6,196
10,005
707
4|**2024**
**£**
18,830
4
18,826
8,901
9,925
18,826|4,659
292
1,210
151
2,155
673
239|**2023**
**£**
9,140
239
8,901
21,831
(12,930)
8,901|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Approved by the committee on:
Kayleigh Nichols Date: 22 April 2026
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Final 11/06/2023
Mollington Pre-School
Registered Charity Number 1016320
Accounts for the Period Ended
31 August 2024
## **Mollington Pre-School Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Approval statement|2|
|Profit and loss account|4|
|Balance sheet|5|
## **Mollington Pre-School Registered Charity Number 1016320**
## **Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts**
Report to the trustees of Mollington Pre-School on the accounts for the period ended 31st August 2024 set out on pages 2 and 3
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this period under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is our responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Act;
- follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the Act; and
- state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's statement**
Our examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on the accounts.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In the course of our examination, no matter has come to our attention:
1 - which gives us reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements to ensure that:
- proper accounting records are kept in accordnance with section 130 of the Act; and
- accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
2 - to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Lounds & Co Chartered Accountants _22/04/2026_
367 Chester Road Little Sutton Ellesmere Port Cheshire CH66 3RQ
1
## **Mollington Pre-School Registered Charity Number 1016320 Income and Expenditure Account Period Ended 31 August 2024**
|**Sales**
Fees (Government funded)
Fees (Parents)
Fundraising
Interest received
**Expenditure**
Insurance costs
Rent
Equipment & Resources
Preschool reusables/consumables
Staff Salaries
Pensions
Staff training and welfare
Accountancy and payroll
Professional costs
H&S Compliance
Repairs and maintenance
Subscriptions
Sundry expenses
Office stationery and printing
Advertising
Telephone
**Excess of income over expenditure for the period**|**2024**
**£**
71,115
12,051
-
33
83,199
977
5,700
720
359
59,009
-
1,516
487
85
361
1,834
256
452
311
385
822
73,274
**9,925**|**2023**
**£**
41,741
16,155
704
71
58,671
932
5,530
62
1,707
60,592
-
638
670
123
87
-
202
-
201
115
742
71,601
**(12,930)**|
|---|---|---|
2
## **Mollington Pre-School Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2024**
|**Current assets**
Debtors
Sundry Debtors
Fundraising account
Current account
Deposit account
Petty Cash
**Current liabilities**
Accruals and Creditors
**Net assets**
**General Fund**
Balance at start of period
Excess of income over expenditure|420
292
1,210
6,196
10,005
707
4|**2024**
**£**
18,830
4
18,826
8,901
9,925
18,826|4,659
292
1,210
151
2,155
673
239|**2023**
**£**
9,140
239
8,901
21,831
(12,930)
8,901|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Approved by the committee on:
Kayleigh Nichols Date: 22 April 2026
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