## **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:||| |---|---|---| |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
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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**||| |---|---|---| ||Sarah Elizabeth Hudson|| ||
Trustee|| ||27/02/26|| ||27/02/26|| ||**Ruperts Under 5's**
**1**|**Ruperts Under 5's**
**1**|**Ruperts Under 5's**
**1**|**019726**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**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).**|||||| ||**-**||||| ||**-**||||-| |**_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**|**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| |||**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 rogpo￿Ib[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¢ dvvl1￿￿Ie 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, Indeper￿ent 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