Charity Number.. 1023323 BIRSTALL PRE-SCHOOL TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND FINAIYCIAL STATLMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Birstall Pre-school Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 Contents Page Administrative details. trustees, and advisors Trustees, rcport Independent examiners report Statement of financial activities Balance sheet Notes to the fmancial statements 9-10 Birstall Pre-school Administrative details, trustees, and advisors Trustees A Lynn G Hunter R Woodhead N Glennie Charity Registered Number 1023323 Principal Address Birstall Pre-school Carr Strcet Birstall West Yorkshire WF179DX Independent Examiner ASN Busincss Solutkons Limited Fieldhead House 46 Leeds Road Liversedge West YoTkshirc WF15 6HX Bankers Virgin Money Birstall Pre-school Trustees, Annual Report The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial stalements of Birstall Pre-school (thc charity) for the ycar ended 31 March 2025. Thc Trustces confirni that the Annual report and financial statements of the charity comply with the current statutory requirements. the requirements of the charity's governing document and the provisions of the Statemenl of Recommended Practice (SORP) "Accounttng and Reporting by Charilie8" issued in July 2014. Organisation Birstall Pre-school is governed by its constitution adopted 29 March 1993, as amended 8 May 2000. as amended by .scheme d¢lted l March 2017 and was entered on the Register of Charities on 2 July 1993. Trustees Responsibility Statement The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Tru.8tees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statcments for each financial ycar which givc a true and fair view of the slate of atTairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In pieparing these tinancial statcments. thL Trustees are required to.. select suitablc accounting policics and then apply them consistently; bserve the method.s and principles in the Charities snRP. Tnake judgments dnd accounting estimdles that are reasonable and prudent; prepare the financial statements on Ihe going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume thal the chariiy will continue in opcration. The Trustecs are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that are Su￿]cIent to show and explain the charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any lime the financial position of the charity enable them to ensure that ihe financial statement.s comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accoiints and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. -fhey are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Lharity and hence for taking re&sonable steps for the prevcntion and detection of fraud and other i￿egUlarities. Thi5 report was approved by the Truslc¢s on 3 ba64(& 2 f and signed on their behalf by: Trustee Trustee R wttJDF4 L-fvo Independent Examiners Report for the year ended 31 March 2025 I report to thc trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year cndcd 31 March 2025. This report is made solely to the charity's Trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 201 l. In carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Comrnis8ion under section 145(5)(b) of the 201 l Act. My work has b¢cn und¢rtakcn so that I might state to the charity'8 Trustecs thosc mattcrs l am rcquircd to stale to them in an Indcpcndcnt Examiner's report and for no oiher purpose. To the fullest extent pennitied by law, do not accept or ￿Surne responsibility to anyone other than the Lhariiy and the charity's Trustees &8 a body, for my work or for this report. Respectlve Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner The chdrity's Trustccs arc rcsponsiblc for thc prcparation of thc fInancial stalcmeiils, and they consider that an audit 18 not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charitie% ALI 2011 ("the Acl") and that an indcpciident cxaniiiidtion is needed. It is my responsibility to: cxamine thc financial statcmcnts under scction 145 of thc Act. follow thc proccdurcs laid down in thc gcneral Dircctions given by thc Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b} ofthe Act; and statc whL'ther particular matters h(Ive Lojne to my atlention. Basls of Independent Examfner's Report My cxamination was carricd out in accordancc with the gencral Dircctions givcn by thc Chariiy Commi$8ion. An cxamination includcs a rcvicw of thc accounting rccords kept by the charity and a comparison of the tinancial 4tatemenl% presenled with those records. It also includes con%idcr