## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 03 2022 28 02 2023 **From To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** WRITTLE GREEN PRE-SCHOOL **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1023360 **Charity's principal address** THE BERYL PLATT CENTRE 12-14 REDWOOD DRIVE, WRITTLE ESSEX **Postcode CM1 3LY**
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||TRISH WOOLNER|CHAIRPERSON|||
||HANNAH GERRISH|SECRETARY|||
||AILSA BIRCH|TREASURER|||
||SINEAD FOLAN||||
||ANNIE MULLEN||||
||REBECCA PARKER||From 21.11.22||
||LUKE GILLESPIE||From 21.11.22||
||LAURA POULTENEY||||
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**TAR**
March **2013**
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**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**
Type of governing document
EARLY YEARS ALLIANCE, MODEL CONSTITUTION 2011
(eg. trust deed, constitution) PRE-SCHOOL COMMITTEE TRUST How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
ELECTED
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
Early Years Alliance POLICIES AND PROCEDURES UPDATED You **may choose** to include THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS NECESSARY. 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;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
TO PROVIDE PRE-SCHOOL PROVISION UNDER EYA CONSTITUTION AND POLICIES. ADHERING TO OFSTED OBJECTIVES AND GAINED A RATING OF GOOD ON 6 NOVEMBER **Summary of the objects of the** 2018 TO PROVIDE LEARNING FOR CHILDREN 2YRS TO 5 YEAR- **charity set out in its** OLDS FOR UP TO 15/30 FUNDED HOURS PER WEEK, WITH AN **governing document** OPTION TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL SESSIONS UP TO 6.25 HOURS PER DAY.
**TAR**
March **2013**
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PROVIDE PRE-SCHOOL PROVISION FOR OUR LOCAL VILLAGE COMMUNITY WHICH ALSO EXTENDS TO OTHER LOCAL VILLAGES AND TOWNS.
**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)**
RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, WRITTLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, PARISH COUNCIL, HEALTH SERVICE, CHURCH, CHILDREN’S CENTRES, LIBRARY, LOCAL COUNCILS AND OTHER PROVISIONS WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ARE EXCELLENT AND PROVIDE A HEALTHY LINK FOR THE PRE-SCHOOL TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
THE PRE-SCHOOL HOLDS VARIOUS FUNDRAISING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHICH HELP SUPPORT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY CENTRE WHERE THE PRESCHOOL IS BASED. WE HOLD OPEN EVENINGS FOR PRE-SCHOOL PARENTS AND WELCOME PROSPECTIVE FAMILIES AT ANY TIME. THE PRE-SCHOOL OPERATES AN OPEN-DOOR POLICY, AND WELCOMES FAMILY MEMBERS TO STAY AND PLAY.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
**TAR**
March **2013**
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## Section D Achievements and erformance p
**Summary of the main** THE PRESCHOOL SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A **achievements of the charity** GRANT OF £3000 FROM ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. THIS **during the year** WAS USED TO PURCHASE A NUMBER OF LARGE WOODEN RESOURCES FOR THE PRESCHOOL GARDEN AREA. THE CLIMBING CREST AND BEAMS ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO ENGAGE IN PHYSICAL PLAY AS WELL AS BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE. A THRONE AND MUSHROOM SEATS ARE SITED IN A QUIETER AREA OF THE GARDEN AND PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT SETTING TO IMMERSE IN STORY TELLING. A LARGE WOODEN DEN PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAKE-BELIEVE AND A QUIET AREA FOR LOOKING AT BOOKS. MANY OTHER SMALLER PIECES OF EQUIPIMENT/RESOURCES ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO DELVE INTO A WORLD OF IMAGINATION.
THE PRESCHOOL CONTINUES TO USE OUR FACE BOOK PAGE WHICH WE USE FOR REMINDERS AND NOTICES ABOUT FORTHCOMING EVENTS. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO USE TAPESTRY AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AND RECORD OF CHILDREN’S PROGRESS.
THE BABY AND TODDLER GROUP CONTINUES TO RUN AND IS THRIVING,
WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE OUTDOOR PLAY AREA/GARDEN, WHICH IS MUCH BIGGER THAN OUR PREVIOUS OUTDOOR SPACE AND IS A FANTASTIC PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY AND LEARN. WE HAVE A STABLE STAFF AND A BANK TEAM OF OUR OWN WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT WHEN NEEDED.
**TAR**
March **2013**
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## **Section E Financial review**
SUFFICIENT RESERVES TO MEET UNKNOWN FUTURE **Brief statement of the** REQUIREMENTS OF THE PRE-SCHOOL ARE HELD. **charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
THE EARLY YEARS ALLIANCE CONSTITUTION SETS OUT You **may choose** to include FINANCIAL CONTROLS WHICH THE PRESCHOOL FOLLOWS. additional information, where LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
PARENTS, WHERE FEE PAYING CHILDREN ATTEND. FUNDRAISING EVENTS: SUMMER FESTIVAL, EASTER PARTY, AND HALOWEEN PARTY ETC.
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives COMMISSION ON PHOTOGRAPHS
- of the charity;
- investment policy and CONTINUE TO RAISE FUNDS VIA “EASYFUNDRAISING”. objectives including any ethical investment policy ALLOWS THE PRE-SCHOOL TO PURCHASE/REPLACE NEW adopted. EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES TO ENHANCE THE CHILDREN’S LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY OUTDOOR PLAY EQUIPMENT.
## **Section F Other optional information**
**TAR**
March **2013**
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WE NOW HAVE 3 MEMBERS OF BANK STAFF. THIS MEANS WE DO NOT HAVE TO USE AGENCY STAFF, WHO PROVED TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
THESE STAFF WORK AS AND WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED TO COVER STAFF ABSENCE AND HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF KNOWING THE CHILDREN AND PRESCHOOL ROUTINES.
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** _T J WOOLNER_ **Full name(s)** TRISHA J WOOLNER **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** CHAIR **etc) Date** 18 DECEMBER 2023
**TAR**
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||**WRITTLE GREEN PRE SCHOOL**
**Charity Name**|**WRITTLE GREEN PRE SCHOOL**
**Charity Name**|**WRITTLE GREEN PRE SCHOOL**
**Charity Name**|**1023360**|**1023360**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**
**from**|01/03/2022
Period start date|**To**|28/02/2023
Period end date|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**87,294**
**6,827**
**4,715**
**1,365**
**1,085**
**400**
**-**
**101,686**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**101,686**
**68,330**
**8,806**
**1,604**
**372**
**176**
**945**
**426**
**576**
**5,134**
**86,369**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**86,369**
**15,317**
**-**
**27,934**
**43,251**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**87,294**
**6,827**
**4,715**
**1,365**
**-**
**1,085**
**400**
**-**
**101,686**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**101,686**
**68,330**
**8,806**
**1,604**
**372**
**176**
**945**
**426**
**576**
**5,134**
**86,369**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**86,369**
**15,317**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Funding|**87,294**|||||**69,121**|
|Fees|**6,827**|||||**10,568**|
|Fundraising& Donations|**4,715**|||||**1,060**|
|Uniform & Other|**1,365**|||||**3,552**|
|Deposit Account Interest|||||||
|Toddler Group|**1,085**|||||**-**|
|PettyCash|**400**|||||**250**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**101,686**|||||**84,551**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
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||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**84,551**|
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|Wages & HMRC|**68,330**|||||**61,505**|
|Room Hire|**8,806**|||||**7,378**|
|Resourses & Equipment|**1,604**|||||**1,165**|
|Advertising& Training|**372**|||||**1,010**|
|Postage Printing& Stationary|**176**|||||**191**|
|Insurance PLSA & Ofsted|**945**|||||**919**|
|CleaningPhone & Internet|**426**|||||**414**|
|Uniform Snacks & Milk|**576**|||||**1,008**|
|Capital Spend & Sundry& PettyCash|**5,134**|||||**6,309**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**86,369**|||||**79,899**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**79,899**|
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||**15,317**|**-**||**15,317**||**4,652**|
||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**27,934**|||**27,934**||**24,113**|
||**43,251**|||**43,251**||**28,765**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
19/12/2023
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|Signature
Trisha Woolner
**Details**
**Details**
Barclays Current Account
Barclays Deposit Account
Petty Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Uniform Stock
Tax & NIC
**Details**
~~2~~|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**40,703**||||**-**|
|||**2,336**||**-**||**-**|
|||**213**||**-**||**-**|
|||**43,252**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||OK|
|||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
|||||||**-**|
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|||||||**-**|
|||||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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|||||||Date of
approval|
|||||||18.12.2023|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
WRIThLE GREEN PRE-SCHOOL
On accounts for the year
ended
0110312022 TO 2810212023
Charity no
(if any)
1023360
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of ihe accounts of the above
chartyllhe Trust") for the year ended 2810212023.
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the chanty's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011
('the Acl~).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examinalion, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by Ihe Charity Commission
under section 145151(b) of the Ad.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confim that no malerial matters have
examiner's ststement coffle lo my attention in connection with the examination {other than that
disclosed telow ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act,. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or
the accounts did not comply wilh the applicable requirements
conceming the fom and content of accounts sel out in the Chanties
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 olher than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true 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 connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
ordef to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the braGkets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
LF
Name:
m fiSH HIC
Relevant professional
qualificationls) or body
{if any):
af Cec
Address:
É fjc4ncIoc
IER
Oct 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concem
(see CC32. Independent examination of charty accounts: directions and
guidan for examiners).
Give here brief detsils of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018