2023-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date 01 Septembe 2022 r

Period end date 31 August 2023

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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)
	Sam Owen	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

This year is still feeling the effects of Covid-19, especially as children who were born in/around the pandemic are now moving into more social settings.

The staff work hard to settle in the children and help them to learn how to play with others as well as sticking to the curriculum.

A drop in funding means we have had to tighten our belts but also feel the impact of the increase in the cost-of-living expenses.

We raised £675.00 in fundraising events during the year which always go towards resources for the children.

A successful year and encouraging for the coming year.

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Section E Financial review

The financial accounts for the year show income of £68434.02 with Expenditure Brief statement of the of £69125.83. Pre-School is still feeling the effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic charity’s policy on reserves and numbers are still yet to rise to pre-covid numbers. We have had a reduction in funding alongside a rise in rent and other cost of living expenses.

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)

Our Funding is primarily from Grant Funding via Lancashire County Council, Fee You may choose to include Payers & various fundraising events. additional information, where We continually invest in new resources and equipment to help us keep up to relevant about:

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.

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

• 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 02/09/2023

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CRAWSHAWBOOTH PRE-SCHOOL ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31/08/2023

INCOME EXPENDITURE

Grants			Wages	52216.37
						52216.37
LCC Funding	£54,506.60
Grants	£250.00
Apprentiship Funding	£1,000.00
		£55,756.60
			Rent	£3,483.37		3483.37
Fees			Accountant			179.00
	11959.92 .		Ofsted registration			50.00
Lunches	£717.50		Telephone			549.92
		£12,677.42	DBS			94.90
			Pension			2223.20
			Bank Charges			65.40
			Equipment & stationery			2914.93
			Milk & refreshments			2685.96
			Subscriptons			638.00
			Customs			1935.83
			Website			170.24
			Insurance			840.11
			Advertising			273.00
			Trips, parties and
			presents
Miscellaneous
Donations	£89.00		Christmas Party			195.00
Credit - Accountants	£144.00		Leavers Party			185.60
Fundraising	£675.00
			Miscellaneous		.
			Petty cash			150.00
			Repairs			20.00
			Fund Raising Licence			20.00
			First Aid			235.00
		£68,434.02				69125.83
			Surplus			-691.81
Balances as at 31/08/2022			Balances as at 31/08/2023
Current account	£15,442.65		Current account	£14,312.45
Deposit account	£40,039.26		Deposit account	£40,477.65
	£55,481.91			£54,790.10
Decrease in Funds	-£691.81

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Irbdependent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteèsl members of EAb05AAl%l(knTr1 fv6 5CHLDL AuGLI8T 20 23 On accounts for the year ended Charity no lif any) 1011561 Set out on pages I report to the twstees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {'the Trust") for the year ended 31 08 ￿)13 Responslbllltles and As the chartty trustees. you are responsible for Ihe preparation of the basis of report accounts In accordance with the Charities Act 2011 1.the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chartty Commission under section 145{5llbl ofthe Act. Ind•pendent rrhe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified lo examinerfs statsment undertake the examinatK)n by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll Delete l ] rfnot appI￿able. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come lo my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in Gonnedion with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,: the accounting records Y￿re not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act, or the accounts did not accord wrth the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements con￿MIng the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulalions 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair. view whiGh is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no con￿M5 and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of Ihe accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rflhey do not apply. Slgned: Date: 2710812024 Name: IAI ￿0£[H Relevant professional qualification{s) or body (if any): AA T lu'cP S IER October 2018

Address: re Section B Disclosure Only Gomplete rf the examiner needs to highlight matter6 of ¢on¢em {see CC32, Independent examination of charty accounis: Qlrections and guidance for examiners). Glve hère details of any itoms that the axaminor wishes to disclose. IER October 2018