## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From** 01 Sept 2017 **Period start date To** 31 Aug 2018 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Crawshawbooth Pre-School Playgroup ## **Charity registration number:** 1022561 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Crawshawbooth Pre-School is committed to
providing quality care & education for children
between the ages of 2 – 5 years. We aim to
provide a safe & stimulating environment,
ensuring equality of opportunity for all of the
children from our local area. High Staff ratios
mean children are well supported & we work with
Parents & Carers, children’s first educators, to
make the children’s time with us happy,
informative & rewarding. Our staff endeavour to
follow up on all training opportunities, helping us
to stay abreast of the current educational
thinking.| |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|Crawshawbooth Pre-School first opened in 1968
in its present location, later moving to St. Mary’s
Church, returning to the newly opened Youth &
Community Centre in 1989. The Village Centre
is owned by Lancashire County Council & was
extended & refurbished in 2009. The Centre is
Managed
by
Crawshawbooth
Community
Association & hosts many different groups for all
ages of our community. Pre-School are pleased
to interact with many of the other Centre user
groups, from Toddlers to over 50's Lunch, to the
Village Community Library.
We are registered with Ofsted & our last two
inspections, October 2011 & September 2015,
we
were
graded
as Outstanding
in
all
judgements. We were obviously thrilled to
achieve this in 2011 & proud that the teams hard
work & commitment was once again recognised
in 2015. It is an honour to be able to say that we
are the only 'Outstanding' Pre-School in
Crawshawbooth.
We are members of the Pre-School Learning
Alliance. This partnered with our relationship with
the local Early Years Teacher Team, ensures
that we are constantly in touch with new thinking
in the field of early year’s education & childcare.
We also have excellent links with our local
Primary & Secondary Schools.
Working closely as a team with parents/carers in
thelocalcommunity to provide a safe,| |||stimulating & quality environment, ensuring
inclusion & equality of opportunity for all.
Our aims are:
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To
enhance
the
development
&
education of children under statutory
school age in a parent involving,
community based group.
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To provide a safe, secure & stimulating
environment.
To work within a framework which enables
quality of opportunity for all children & families.
We offer each child:
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A curriculum, based on the seven areas
of learning.
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Fun & friendship with other children &
adults.
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Individual
care
&
attention
made
possible by the high numbers of adults
to children.
•
Individual
care
&
attention
made
possible by the high numbers of adults
to children.
•
The opportunity for parents / carers to be
directly involved in the activities of the
group & in your child’s progress.
We strive to continually re-investing in new
resources and the latest technology to ensure we
offer 'Outstanding' first steps of education to all
children.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|As a registered charity, Crawshawbooth Pre-
School, it's Trustees & Management Committee
fully
undertake
the
Charity
Commission
guidance & have regarding public benefit & take
into account the guidance during our decision
making processes.| **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|We recognise that Parents / Carers are the first
& most important educators in the lives of
children. Therefore we aim to support all parents
& carers to form a partnership, working together,
to provide the very best possible care &
education. Parents & carers are always
welcomed into the group & encouraged to
contribute.
Volunteers are an essential ingredient in Pre-
School life & for the ongoing success & survival
of our Pre-School. Our Trustees & Management
Committee are volunteers from a mix of current
& previous parents.| |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|Ongoing review of Policies, Plans & Procedures
ensure we meet the latest guidelines &
requirements.
Our
most
recent
Ofsted
inspection, January 2020, awarded us a Good
Grading, this followed on from the previous
Outstanding Grading awarded in September
2015. There have been changes in regulations
and guidelines which we were advised were the
reasoning behind the grading. Mainly the size of
the setting and outside space. The grading still
demonstrates the true level of passion &
commitment
by
all
of
the
team
at
Crawshawbooth Pre-School.
Like everyone else in the UK we had to close due
to Covid 19 pandemic. This allowed us to
reassess the setting and replace old resources
for new. We continued to receive Funding and
Grants to cover wages etc.. to cover the
expenditure.
Unfortunately fundraising was not viable in this
year due to the pandemic. Once we are back up
and running as normal Fundraising will resume.| ## **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 the period|Para 1.21|The financial accounts for the year show income
of £108774.27 with Expenditure of £71512.62.
We plan our finances on a termly basis & work
hard as a team to control expenditure to allow
stability in financial planning.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|A reserve is held to ensure the ongoing stability
of the Charity| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£25,000.00| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|NA| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|NA| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|NA| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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|Our Funding is primarily from Grant Funding via
Lancashire County Council, Fee Payers &
various fundraising events.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|We continually invest in new resources &
equipment to help us keep up to date with all
relevant
statutory
requirements
&
our
‘Outstanding’ status| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |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|Association| |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 & confirmed annually at the 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|We work with the information & training options
available from The Charity Commission & The
Pre-School Learning Alliance.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|•
Trustees
•
Management Committee
•
Pre-School Management Team
•
Pre-School Staff| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|NA| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Crawshawbooth Pre-School| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Crawshawbooth Pre-School Playgroup| |Registered charity number|1022561| |Charity’s principal address|The Village Centre
Adelaide Street
Crawshawbooth
Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8PW| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ian Cardy|||| ||Clare Mahood|||| ||Suzanne Hollings|Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** NA Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |NA||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets NA held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this NA falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets NA 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) Jessica Fox Full name(s)**[Jessica Fox ] **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Trustee ] 22/03/2022 **Date** ## **CRAWSHAWBOOTH PRE-SCHOOL ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31/08/2020** ## **INCOME EXPENDITURE** |**Grants**|||**Wages**|£49,080.01||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Rossendale CC Flood Gra|£2,500.00|||||£49,080.01| |LCC Funding|£62,061.83|||||| |HMRC Grant|£16,727.89|||||| |||£81,289.72||||| ||||Rent|||£3,483.37| |**Fees**|||Accountant|||£396.00| ||£11,838.76 .||Ofsted registration|||£50.00| ||||Mobile Phone|||£72.00| |||£11,838.76|Telephone|||£427.31| |**Fundraising**|||DBS|||£315.65| ||||Advertising|||£83.00| |**Shared Raffle with CA**|£585.00||Pension|||£619.92| ||||Equipment & stationery|||£3,533.66| ||||Milk & refreshments|||£674.12| ||||Training|||£320.00| ||||Customs|||£1,864.55| ||||Travel Expenses|||£101.92| ||||Repairs|||£8,990.99| ||||Website|||£357.28| |||£585.00|CA payment error|||£201.86| ||||CA Shared Raffle|||£585.00| ||||**Trips, parties and**|||| ||||**presents**|||| ||||Xmas presents|||| |**Miscellaneous**|||(children and staff)|||23.98| ||||Leavers party and|||| |Donations|£1,060.79||presents|||232.00| |Insurance|£14,000.00|||||| |||£15,060.79||||| ||||**Miscellaneous**||.|| ||||Petty cash|||100.00| |||**£108,774.27**||||**£71,512.62**| ||||Surplus|||**£37,261.65**| |**Balances as at 31/08/2019**|||**Balances as at 31/08/2020**|||| |Current account|£2,593.42||Current account|£44,654.78||| |Deposit account|£15,002.11||Deposit account|£10,202.40||| ||£17,595.53|||£54,857.18||| |Increase in Funds|**£37,261.65**|||||| (HARITY COMmIS￿oN FOR ENGLW AND WAiES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report fyAkJSHA￿ e£ofF4 (*E .Sr400L AuGLfjT aoio On accourt• th• y Clwlty n (If •ny) 102L561 countsof alJ%e R•8ponslbllltl•8 *bd ba•h of report c¢xwts In ￿C￿d￿reW11h the fequtrwnents cl the Chwlbes A¢1 2011 A¢r). under sectkn 145 ofts 2011 kt in G¥ryiTh3 Wt my ex8mnaUrm, I have fdkwtyj al ￿ wk8b18 DwectkMs ty the Charity Commi85lc gBClV￿ 1495Xb) ofthe A¢1. knd•p•nd•nt ITr* thwiiy'8 oxcathd £250,1XK) l am qLMWbJ to •xamln•f• •tstwn•nt urKlgrtthe th8 exam1)aK￿ ty belr4J a cl￿1￿1 manb6rof Ilwt name ol 8Ff*able IL8bJ Ix¥Jy]L Del8te [ l rfnot I have cc*n[￿d my examTh1￿. I crfmi that rn materia matters havo my att￿i)n li c(mectknn t*4th th9 oxwninats'¢Jn (other than Ihal dwhxed beknv ')￿￿h Ov88 me cw88 to trthe kn. wly materlal Ihe a¢cwts dKJ rKrt CCYllFty wilh the aPFI￿ rwjirements c(ThemhYJ th&fcffm arKI conttrrt of ￿¢(￿nts set in the Charitses (Accc*mtsarwJ Reptyts) R￿￿atk￿ 2(th dher any r￿1r￿￿t Ihat th8 ￿0￿nts 9￿8 a ts ard farf V1wwh￿h 18 a matter J8Ted as Fwt Lrf ￿ iThlepeThlent examkobo with ts eX￿In&l￿ to w￿h attentm shcAAd be drdwn n Ihis repyt wi Slgn•d: (YIÉL155 allllcatkn(8) or boty AAT Levd 3 IER O¢t 2018 01 ary): 5sen Section B Disclosure Onty cLyn￿&t? rf ￿ examr￿ na￿ to hwJhlrJhl matena rnatt￿s of concem {$8e CC32, Inde￿￿￿ examinkn¢￿ of¢h¥ity ￿nts. and •ny it•ms that tho •xamln•r wlsh•s to IER Oct 2018