|T<br>e of adviser|Name|Address|
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|Independent Examiner|Helene Swales||
|Name ofchief executive|or names of senior|staff members (Optional information)|



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|Section D|Achievements and performance|
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity<br>during the year|Little Drummers provides term time pre-school sessions for children aged<br>two years to school age. This yearwe provided care and support for43<br>children and their families.|
||Wewere reasonably busy from the start of the autumn term and|
||continued to build in numbers throughout the year. The increase in<br>government funding for 30hours per week for children from the age of 9<br>months has increased the number of youngerchildren looking for a pre-<br>school place and the number of hours that many families are looking for<br>each week. This is one of the main reasons for our increase in numbers|
||and has had a welcome positive effect on our finances.|
||We have introduced a few changes to our routine. Daily small Key Group|
||times have been a very positive addition, the children and staff both<br>benefit from this. We also introduced drink time part way through our<br>morning and afternoon sessions to encourage the children to rehydrate|
||while enjoying a whole group time activity.<br>In the spring term wewere able to hatch ducklings, this was a fantastic|
||experience for the children who thoroughly enjoyed watching the|
||hatching and growing process. We also hatched caterpillars into<br>butterflies again. These have been amazing experiences for the children|
||to learn all about lifecycles.|
||One of our staff members was able to attend the annual Inclusion|
||Conference and two memberscompleted their Level 1 and 2 Makaton|
||course during the year which has been an asset to the whole setting.|
||We held several fundraising events during the year. We had a stall at the<br>Hedge End village Christmas light switch on market and enjoyed|
||participating in a local community event. We held a fundraising|
||Christmas art show in the autumn term where parents were able to|
||purchase their child's painting, and an Easter bonnet parade in the spring|
||term.<br>Both were well supported by our families. We also received|
||commission from the sales of school photos and from Easyfundraising.|
||All the proceedswere invested into pre-school resources; purchases this<br>year included newhome corner toys, activity easels and water play|
||equipment.|
||The children all enjoyed Christmas and summer parties with food, games|
||and crafts. We were able to arrange a fantastic, discounted day out for<br>our families at Paultons Park in Maywhich was very well received. Staff,<br>children and their families all enjoyed a day out at our local park in June|
||where we went on a Gruffalo hunt and held our annual sports day event.|





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|Receipts|||||No 1 a/c|No 2 a/c|pAYE|a/c|Savings a/c|Less<br>Transfers|Totals|Rounded E|
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||Donations||||202.00|202.00||||202.00|202.00|202|
||Fundraising||||26.00|630.47|||||656.47|656|
|Alb|Operating activities|to||further charity's|objects:||||||||
||Fees from parents|||and carers|27,929.56||||||27,929.56|27,930|
||Nursery Education|||Funding|132,020.68||||||132,020.68|132,021|
||Restricted Funds||-|Food vouchers|180.00||||||180.00|180|
||Vouchers||||0.00||||||0.00||
||Grants||||0.00||||||0.00||
|Alc|Investment income|including bank interest|||||||189.43||189.43|189|
|Sub-total (Ala + Alb + Alc)|||||160,358.24|832.47||0.00|189.43|202.00|161,178.14|161,178|
|Ald|Other receipts||||379.00|1,217.03|100,390.00||3,000.00|103,390.00|1,596.03|1 ,596|
|Total receipts||A1|||160,737.24|2,049.50|100,390.00||3,189.43|103,592.00|162,774.17|162,774|
|Payments|||||||||||||
|A2a|Fundraising costs||||0.00|11 51|||||11.51|12|
|A2b|Charitable payments:||||||||||||
||Salaries||||100,390.00||100,272.92||3,000.00|103,390.00|100,272.92|100,273|
||Pensions||||4,002.82||||||4,002.82|4,003|
||Rent and rates||||30,275.63||||||30,275.63|30,276|
||Other premises|costs|||0.00||||||0.00||
||Catering costs||||426.25||||||426.25|426|
||Consumables and equipment||||1,932.69|748.16|||||2,680.85|2,681|
||Office costs||||497,31||||||497.31|497|
||Governance inc|meeting costs|||0.00||||||0.00||
|Sub-total|(A2a + A2b)||||137,524.70|759.67|100,272.92||3,000.00|103,390.00|138,167.29|138,168|
|A2c|Other payments||||4,366.89|1,190.68||34.00|0.00|202.00|5,389.57|5,390|
|Total payments|||||891.59|1,950.35|100,306.92||3,000.00|103,592.00|143,556.86|143,558|
|Net of receipts<br>/ (payments)||||A1 -A2|18,845.65|99.15||83.08|189.43|0.00|19,217.31|19,217|
|Cash funds last year end|||||12,511.62|890.50|104.26||14,432.62|0.00|27,939.00|27,939|
|Cash funds this year end|||A1 -A2<br>+ A3||31 ,357.27|989.65|187.34||14,622.05|0.00|47,156.31|47,156|
|Bank balances as at 31 August 2025|||||31,357.27|989.65|187.34||14,622.05||47,156.31||
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|Totals|||||31,357.27|989.65|187.34||14,622.05||47,156.31||





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