Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01.09.24 Period start date To 31.08.25 Period end date
Charity name: Ruperts Under Fives
Charity registration number: 1019726
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To provide education for under 5’s |
| 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 |
To offer appropriate play, education and care facilities to under 5’s and offer opportunities for all children of this age group whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | Yes the Trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | The Rupert’s committee continue to play a valuable role for the charity. The current chair was been in post for 6 years and stepped down at the AGM along with several other committee members. Two new joint chair’s are now in place along with several new committee members. |
| Other |
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 | We have continued to deliver on the aims as set out within the pre-school constitution providing excellent care to all our pre- schoolers. Feedback from parents continues to be good and student numbers are stable. There is a fantastic team of staff in place and a number are working towards further qualifications while in the setting. The majority of children attend Seaton Primary School when they graduate from the pre- school environment and the staff have worked hard to make this transition as easy as possible for the children. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
|---|---|---|
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of theperiod |
Para 1.21 | The Pre-school is financially stable and continues to hold enough reserves to cover redundancyand/or loss |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves statingwhytheyare held |
Para 1.22 | Reserves are held in the savings account and this money is for emergencies only. Generally the onlychange to this figure is interest added. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £52,911 |
| 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 | No uncertainty |
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 | Government funding continues to be the main source of income. Parents pay an hourly fee for any hours over and above their free hours. Parents also pay a snack fee to contribute to the cost of these. The committee also do a number of fund raising events where possible to raise money e.g. bingo, raffles etc. We increase hourly fees and snack fees as needed to keep up with inflation and minimum wage increases but our fees remain competitive with other similarproviders. |
|---|---|---|
| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | The level of funding coming in is highly dependent on the number of children attending the setting. If this were to decrease, the funding would also decrease. This is monitored by the staff and recruitment activities undertaken if necessary. |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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|---|---|---|
| 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 | Committee |
| 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 | Election to post by committee |
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 | |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties |
Para 1.51 | |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Ruperts Under Fives |
|---|---|
| Other name the charity uses | |
| Registered charity number | 1019726 |
| Charity’s principal address | c/o Seaton Primary School Valley View, Seaton, Devon EX12 2HF |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Lambert | Trustee | Committee | ||
| Sarah Hudson | Trustee | Committee | ||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
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 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
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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
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|---|---|---|
| Sarah Elizabeth Hudson | ||
Trustee |
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| 27/02/26 | ||
| 27/02/26 |
| Ruperts Under 5's 1 |
Ruperts Under 5's 1 |
Ruperts Under 5's 1 |
019726 | CC16a | |
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| For the period from |
01/09/2024 | To | 31/08/2025 | ||
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| A1 Receipts(In) | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ £795.00 £6,817.00 £0.00 £96,708.00 £964.00 £1,834.00 £969.00 £0.00 £108,087.00 - - £0.00 £108,087.00 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 - - - - - |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ £795.00 £6,817.00 £0.00 £96,708.00 £964.00 £1,834.00 £969.00 £0.00 £108,087.00 - - - £108,087.00 |
Last year 23.24 to the nearest £ |
| Donations | £795.00 | £1,905.00 | |||
| Fees & Snacks | £6,817.00 | £6,243.00 | |||
| Fund Raising | £0.00 | £129.00 | |||
| Funding | £96,708.00 | £106,736.00 | |||
| Interest from Savings Account | £964.00 | £974.00 | |||
| PettyCash(donations,fundraising,snack income) | £1,834.00 | £1,613.00 | |||
| Refunds | £969.00 | £40.00 | |||
| Uniform | £0.00 | £6.00 | |||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | £108,087.00 | £117,646.00 | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | |||||
| - | - | ||||
| Sub total | £0.00 | - | |||
| Total receipts | |||||
| £108,087.00 | - | £108,087.00 | £117,646.00 |
A3 Payments Out
| A3 Payments Out | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accountant | £490.00 | £490.00 | £470.00 | ||||||
| Alarm | £0.00 | £0.00 | £170.00 | ||||||
| Bank Charges | £60.00 | £60.00 | £60.00 | ||||||
| Bins | £3,363.00 | £3,363.00 | £2,898.00 | ||||||
| Buildings Insurance | £2,362.00 | £2,362.00 | £0.00 | ||||||
| Computer Anti Virus | £50.00 | £50.00 | £50.00 | ||||||
| Council Tax | £454.00 | £454.00 | £454.00 | ||||||
| Fund RaisingCosts | £0.00 | £0.00 | £60.00 | ||||||
| Lease | £0.00 | £0.00 | £2,200.00 | ||||||
| Maintenance | £4,038.00 | £4,038.00 | £4,058.00 | ||||||
| Music Licence | £135.00 | £135.00 | £131.00 | ||||||
| Ofsted Fee | £50.00 | £50.00 | £50.00 | ||||||
| Order | £1,524.00 | £1,524.00 | £681.00 | ||||||
| Path Licence | £40.00 | £40.00 | £40.00 | ||||||
| PettyCash Expenses | £4,807.00 | £4,807.00 | £1,613.00 | ||||||
| Phone & Internet | £1,119.00 | £1,119.00 | £2,158.00 | ||||||
| Photocopier | £180.00 | £180.00 | £108.00 | ||||||
| PlayEquipment | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | ||||||
| Refund FundingFees | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | ||||||
| Sage Pay | £221.00 | £221.00 | £190.00 | ||||||
| Training | £415.00 | £415.00 | £610.00 | ||||||
| Uniform | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | ||||||
| Utilities | £3,166.00 | £3,166.00 | £2,541.00 | ||||||
| Wages | £81,900.00 | £81,900.00 | £78,010.00 | ||||||
| £0.00 | |||||||||
| Sub total | £104,374.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £104,374.00 | £96,552.00 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment | |||||||||
| purchases, (see table) | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Total payments | £104,374.00 | - | - | £104,374.00 | £96,552.00 |
| Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
£3,713.00 | - | - | £3,713.00 |
£21,094.00 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - - |
- | £0.00 | ||||
| £85,666.00 | - | 85,666.00 | £64,572.00 | |||||
| £89,379.00 | - | - | £89,379.00 |
£85,666.00 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds |
Details Signature Details Building Contents Details Details Petty Cash Current Account Savings Account Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|
| £240.00 £36,228.00 £52,911.00 |
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| - | |||
| - | |||
| 89,379.00 | - | ||
| Sarah Hudson | |||
CHARITY COMMISSION | FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Indopandent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trustees Rurert's UThJer Fives On accounts for the year ended 31° August 2025 Charity no (if any) 1n1q7?fi Set out on pag•s I report to thè trustees on my pxaminatirtn of the accounts of the abov8 charity Ilhe Trust.) for the year ended 3151 August 2025. R•gpon8ibllltl•8 and basis of report Ag thè tharity's trust•os. you aro rogpoIb[o for tho proparation of tho acGounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (kne ). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carrièd out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed all Ili¢ dvvl1Ie Dii¥¥liuii¥ yiveTI by Ilie Ch¢lrity Commlsslon under section 145(5)Ib) of the A¢X. Indepèndent I have completed my examination. I confirn that no material matters have examinerf? statement ¢omc to my 8ttention in connection with the examination which gives me Cause to believe that in. any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance wrth section 130 uf Charities Act., or thè accounts did not accord with th• accounting rgcord¢ I have no eoncems and have coma aero#$ no othor mattor8 in connoclion with the examination lo vthich attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Date: Zi Name: Simon Glendinning Relevant professional qualificationlsl or body (if any}: FCA Address: 34 Westfield. Bradninch. Exeter. EX5 4au IER Oct 2018
ec ion Is osure Only complete If the examiner need5 to highlight material mallers of concern {see CC32, Indeperent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brlef details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018