2021-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date 01 Septembe 2020 r

Period end date 31 August 2021

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Crawshawbooth Playgroup Other names charity is known by Crawshawbooth Preschool Registered charity number (if any) 1022561

Charity's principal address Crawshawbooth Preschool, Village Centre Adelaide Street Rossendale Postcode BB4 8PW

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 (ifany)
	Jess Fox	Chair, Trustee
	Suzanne Hollings	Treasurer, Trustee

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected & confirmed annually at the AGM Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

We work with the information & training options available from The Charity Commission & The Pre-School Learning Alliance.

• • Trustees

• • Management Committee

• • Pre-School Management Team

• • Pre-School Staff

The trustees work closely with the trustees and management committee of the Community Association at The Village Centre, who provide our room and facilities.

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Crawshawbooth Preschool is committed to providing quality care and education for children between the ages of 2-5 years. We aim to provide a safe and stimulating environment, ensuring quality of opportunity for all Summary of the objects of the the children from our local area. High staff rations mean that the children charity set out in its are well supported, and we work with the parents and carers to make the governing document children’s time with us informative and rewarding.

Our staff endeavour to follow up on all available training opportunities, to keep relevant with the current educational thinking, policies, and safety.

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Crawshawbooth Preschool first opened in 1968 in its present location, later moving to St Mary’s Church, then returning to the newly opened Youth and Community Centre in 1989. The Village Centre is owned by Lancashire County Council and was extended and refurbished in 2009. The Centre is now managed by Crawshawbooth Community Association and hosts many different groups, of all ages from the community. We are Ofsted Registered, being rated as “Good” in our last inspection in 2020.

We are members of the Preschool Learning Alliance and this, partnered with our relationship with the Early Years teachers from the local primary school, ensures that we are constantly in gaining new ideas in relation to early years education and childcare.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

We work closely with the parents and carers of our children, to provide a safe and stimulating environment, ensuring inclusion and equal opportunity for all.

Our aims are:

• To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age

• To provide a safe, secure, and stimulating environment for the children and staff

• To work within a framework which enables quality of opportunity for all children and families by utilising a curriculum based on the seven areas of learning.

• To encourage fun and friendship with other children and adults whilst maintaining individual care and attention by having good staff/pupil ratios

• To allow parents and carers to be directly involved in the activities of the group and in their child’s progress.

As a registered charity, Crawshawbooth Preschool, it’s trustees and management committee fully undertake the charity commission’s guidance in regard to public benefit and take in to account the guidance during decision making.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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We recognise that the parents and carers are the first and most important educators I the lives of the children. Therefore, we aim to support all parents and carers to form a partnership of working together to provide the very best care and education to the children. Parents and carers are always welcomed into the group and encouraged to contribute.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Volunteers are essential to the preschool life and for the success and survival of the preschool.

Our trustees and Management Committee are volunteers, made up of current and previous parents and carers.

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

September 2020 saw the reopening of Pre-School after the Covid-19 pandemic.

The staff worked with the children to re-establish them back into the setting and being around people other than their parents.

The staff understood that they would need extra support and also the parents who were nervous around the re-opening of settings following a 7 month isolation period.

We decided to defer any fundraising due to the above and would take it back up the following year. We had not spent much in the previous year and had replenished what was needed during the closure of the setting.

This year was mainly base around the socialisation and integration of the children.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

The financial accounts for the year show income of £64999.32 with Expenditure of £63484.29.

We plan our finances on a termly basis & work hard as a team to control expenditure to allow stability in financial planning.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

Our Funding is primarily from Grant Funding via Lancashire County Council, Fee Payers & various fundraising events.

We continually invest in new resources and equipment to help us keep up to date with all relevant statutory requirements and to make sure that the children have new environments to explore.

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) S Hollings Full name(s) Suzanne Hollings Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer, Trustee etc) Date 02/09/2022

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CRAWSHAWBOOTH PRE-SCHOOL ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31/08/2021

INCOME EXPENDITURE

Grants			Wages	49312.01
						49312.01
LCC Funding	£47,766.24
HMRC Grant	£10,339.58
		£58,105.82
			Rent			3166.70
Fees			Accountant			546.00
	£6,893.50 .		Ofsted registration			50.00
		£6,893.50	Telephone			530.97
			DBS			13.00
			Pension			392.78
			Equipment & stationery			3334.82
			Milk & refreshments			1355.84
			Training			275.00
			Customs			2608.65
			Repairs			245.00
			Website			357.28
			Insurance			798.86
			Trips, parties and
			presents
			Xmas presents
Miscellaneous			(children and staff)			150.00
Donations	£7.50
			Miscellaneous		.
			Petty cash			250.00
			Uniforms			97.38
		£64,999.32				63484.29
			Surplus			1515.03
Balances as at 31/08/2020			Balances as at 31/08/2021
Current account	£44,654.78		Current account	£16,332.85
Deposit account	£10,202.40		Deposit account	£40,039.36
	£54,857.18			£56,372.21
Increase in Funds	£1,515.03

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Rèport to the trusteesl momberB of Q}1￿5￿ AL%, (¥x)Tri Q26 5CHcoL AuG148T 10 II On accounts for the year ended Charity no (If any 1011561 S•t out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty {'the Trust.) for the year ended 31 og ￿11 Responsibilities and As the charrty trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts In accordanrE wtth the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.) I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under sedion 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sedion 145(5)(b} of the Act. Independent lThe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qual¢fied to examinerfs statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll. Delete I l if not applicable. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connedion with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act,. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting ￿Cords. or the accounts did not comply wrth the applicable requirements Con￿rning ihe fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in conneclion with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Date: Signed: Name: IN dio£TH Relevant professional qualification{s} or body lif any): AA T JU'CP 5 IER October 2018

Addross: Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner neets to h￿hlIght matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here detalls of any itsms that the examiner wlshes to disclose. IER October 2018