Camel Pre-school Annual AoUnts for the period.. 18.08.23 to 17.08.24 Charity No. 1023768 Statement of Flnanclal Actlvlties Pnor Year 2022123 Totsl Unl&lFa R&lriGi8tt fun 2023124 Total 73207 E•ty Y4or¥ & Supwt Fundlr4'. Cth¢r FuTrJ.r othBrgrants aTrJ luTh 185606 153718 1736 17 17 973 Donotkn 912 251227 912 2S1227 857 230491 228436 2047 18183 37S6 1164 198710 E8ty Yogrs AllrK• •TrJ In•urnrtt,' BulW• In•sJrwK• Sup Equiwmnt UNIttO and M•inl•rnr 47 16153 1937 169)1 37%> 33 Cotsts of Fur¥Srn 167 70 3870 333 36 Tminhg B•nk¢P• 185 1515 7893 230780 25etyJ3 N•t Ineomo 1 {exp•ndltur• 167rn 12691 Grnl FuTrJ trwJht r¢Thrd 181264 TOTAL FUIIDS CARRIED FORIVAIIO 174218 174218 180896 Balance Sheet 2023124 2022123 Flx•d A•••t• Flxtum, ffttly a t•rK• bn AdJttbn• 75n 1515 1893 6058 7673 ¢a•h In hand •nc• at iKink. CuTh•nl A¢r¥gJrrt• 124 lJJ1 1?5499 176206 180219 Lu• ¢uTh•rt LbIlIlI 811 8797 L•Ks ProvbKlon• for H•blNtl•• ab ¢hwy• 168100 173422 174218 180996 Furyl• olth• Charlty Unr8StrktsJ furv R¢•trl¢ttya 174218 TOTAL FUIIDS 174218 180996 Annu 27 N¢JbmLv3)24 I Sha) toWofal klfv7LLI COL(14/
Notes to th4 Accounts 2023124 8a$l8 of prwr•tion These accounts have been prepared on the ba818 of htoric cost and in ao¢ordan¢e vkn.. . the Statement ol Recommended Practice.. Accounting and Reporting by Charrties preparlng their accourts in accordance with the Financial ReF(•rting Standard awicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 the Financial Reportin9 StarKlard applicabje in trje Unrted Kiwom and Reput4ic of Ireland IFRS 11r21 and the Charrties Ad 2011. The charty is a publi¢ kenefrt entty. A¢¢ountlng Poll¢le Incoming reBources are included In the Statement of Financial ActNities when the charity VJ legally entrtled to the irkcome, when it is more Ilkely than not that the in¢ome wlll be received, aTrJ the monetary value Can awirately quantrfied. Where Incoming resour have related expendf(ure (for èxample lund r8I81ngi the incoming re80urce8 and related expendrture are reported gro88. Investment Income Is included in the accounts sthen is probable aThJ the amount can be aratelY quantitiod. Tangible Fixed Awts purcha8ed from fundè generated by the charlly are Caprtal If they c08t more than £1000 and thelr 86tlmated useful life 18 more than one year. They ore valued at CO81. Oeprecialion is calculated on the baws of 20% reducin9 balan. Credrtors are measuied at their Settlement amount. DebtLir8 are mea8ured on recoverable amounts. Ros•ms Poll¢y The chartty sets aside re8eNe8 lo cover the Conllngency of clo8ure and 8Ut6equent payment of a1181atutory payments18uch 88 redundancy paymenlsl. 8utticient fund8 to cover cash flow requirements In the ¢a6e of a 8wnificanl reductlon In income or unexpected addltlonal co816, and future building maintenance and accommodation development co8t8. The level of re8erves 18 maintained al the appropriate level by way of provl8lon Irom Current Income. The level ol re8eNe8 a8 at the la81 day of the finandal year was £1301¢X)12022r23 £1254991. Do1)torn •ndpr•p•ym•nl• 2023r24 202V23 Debtors. prepayments. accrued IrQme Cr•dltorn •nd del•ff•d Ineom 2023r24 2022123 Trade creditor¥ Taxation and Social Se¢urty 3537 4569 8106 3658 3139 8797 T•nglble Flxod Asse1• Total Balance brought forward Additions DisposaL Depreciation charge for year Bal8n¢e corrl8d forward 7573 7573 115151 115151 Independent examln•f• fees Fees payable for the independenl examination of the 2023-24 Annual Accounts £0 (fees payable for the indefident examination of the 2022-23 Annual Accounts £01.
Pald amploy••s 2023r24 2022r23 staff costs Salarte8 & wages Social Securrty costs (Em0yerS National Insurance'l Pension costs (defined contribjtion scheme) Other employee benefits 213854 10514 187797 7218 3695 198710 . after National In8urance Employment AJlowanGe No employee6 reIved employee téneffts for the reportlng pericl of more than £60,000. The average headcount Inumber of Staff employed) durirvJ the year wa6 12 Iprevl¢)u8 yaar 121. employees WO is in fesp8Ct of charf(able a¢tivltie8. Ponslons Defined Contribution Pension Scheme.. Total employer conlrlbutlon8 of £48l2022r23 £36951 included in Statement of Financial Activities as an expense. The costs of the defined contnbLrtion scheme relate to staff working in respect of cttaritate actiM'tie8 and are charged lo unrestricted fund8. Tran•a¢tlon• wlth trustOOS and rnl•t•dparf None of the trustee8 have been paid any remuneration or received any other téneflts from an employment wlth the charty. No trustees have keen paHI exFen8e8 for fulfllling their duties. There have en no related party transactions In the rewrtlng pgric¥J. Income rne•lv•d from e•ntral or local spv•mm•nt The charity reoeive8 inoome from central or local govemment wrth regard lo Eady Education Fundlng linduding 2YO funding support), and other Earfy Years 8UPPOrt funding. Durtng the year the charity atso receN•d funds to di8trltMthe •B family Support payment8 to the lamillèB of vulnerable ¢hiltJren. Total inoome r•celved from Central or local government £16&8C612022r23 £1537181. Donatlon The charity did not recelve any donatlon8 dudng the 202>24 IlnanGial year12022r23 £01.
Trustees, Annual Report for the period From: 18.08,23 To: 17.08.24 Charity name.. Camel Pre-school Charlty Registration Number: 1023768 OBJEcfivES AN D AcfiviTIES sUmRryof the purposes of the chority os set out in its governinqdocwnent The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children, primarily under statutory school age, by encouraging parents to understand and provide forthe needs of their children through community groups, and by: (al offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the rights of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability; (b) encouragingthe study of the needs of such chlldren and thelrfamilies and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas. (c) instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance. Summory of the main activities undertakenfor the public benefit in relation to the objectives.. In adopting the Pre-school Learning Alliance Model Constitution for Pre-schools, and in planning our activities and formulating our policies, the trustees have given due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission. In the furtherance of these aims, the Pre-school provides morning and afternoon sessional care, lunch clubs, full day care (9am to 3pm) and out of school care (Breakfast Club from 8am and After School Club 3pm - 6pm) during school term time for both pre-school children and school age children from all backgrounds within the local community. The Pre-school also runs holiday clubs for part of the school holidays. The Pre-school provides flexible childcare, offering attendance patterns to accommodate the needs of individual children and families. Parents can also opt to use out of sChCl care in conjunction with day time care, benefiting from maximum flexibility. The day time sessions are school age and school age. Camel Pre-school has a designated Special Needs Co-ordinator and an Equal Opportunities C ordinator, both of whom have undergone the requisite training. Co-ordinators regularly update their training, and contribute to the formulating of the Pre-school's policies and plans. We currently have children with a variety of additional needs attending both pre-school and out of school care sessions, and we are in regular contact with the appropriate organisations in order that we meet those needs. The pre-school building has two access ramps; one for the main entrance to the building and one from the building into the children's play area. The premises also has other adaptations such as a disabled toilet, and low level sinks.
The Pre-school provides a safe and stimulating environment, and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children attending. Each child has a named key person, who liaises with the pareDts/guardians and ensures that the child settles well and who acts as a primary contact point. Parents receive regular newsletters providing information about the pre-school's activities and forthcomin£ events, and are updated about their child's progress on both a formal and informal basis. Camel Pre-school is located in the grounds of Stockham Primary School, and the two organisations are linked together as a Partnership Foundation Stage Unit. STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document: Pre-school Learning Alliance Pre-school Constitution. The Pre-school is an unincorporated charitsble association. Recruitment and appointment of new trustees is from the membership of the Pre-school, via the Pre- School committee. The overall management and control of the Pre-school resides with the individual members of the Pre- School's management committee. At least 2 management committee meetings must be held each year, although due to the nature of the work undertaken by the Pre-school more frequent meetings are usually held. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION Charity name: Camel Pre-school Registered Charity Number: 1023768 Charibls Principal address: Carnel Pre-school Stockham Primary School Stockham Way Wantage OXON OX12 9HL Names of the chority trustees who monaqe the charity NAME OFFICE lif anv) Dates acted as charity trustee (if not for full yearl L. Wood H. Courtenay L. Payne T. Nevrton L. Holder L. Cameron K.Morgan E. Robins Jointchatr Joint Chair Chair to November 2023 Treasurer Secretary Secretary from November 2023 to November 2023 from November 2023 to November 2023 Names of individuals appointed to hold title to property belonging to the charity.. Holding (Custodian) Trusteesfor Building Lease M. Kelly J. Harvey Individuals named are not charity trustees (in accordance with the Camel Pre-school constitution) aF are Rot inyolved in the marwrnentof the char+ty.
FINANCIAL REVIEW Review of charity'sfinancial position at the end of the period Although inflationary pressures during the year meant that the charity reported a small deficit on the financial year, the charity remains in a secure financial position. Camel Prtrkhool has remained open throughout the school year, and demand for places remains high. The level of funds held are sufficient to provide both the resilience to manage any changes in operational guidance, and to ensure financial sustainability for the year to come. fteserves Policy The charity sets aside reser4es to cover the contingency of closure and subsequent payment of all statutory payments (such as redundancy payments), sufficient funds to cover cash flow requirements in the case of a significant reduction in income or unexpected addittonal costs, and future building maintenance and accommodation development costs. The level of reserves is monitored and reviewed at least yearly, and is maintained at the appropriate level by way of provision from current income. The level of reserve5 as at the last day of the financial year was £130100 (2022123 £125499). ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE During the year Camel Pre-school provided morning and afternoon sessional care, lunch clubs, full day care, breakfast clubs and after school clubs during school term time. Although Covid 19 measures are no longer applicable, some protection methods have been kept so that children could continue to benefit from high quality childcare and the opportunity to learn whilst at the same time keeping everyone safe. A total of 113 thiFdren •tterfded prtrschool, breakfast Club and aftef school sttsions during the cowse of the year. Of this total, 51 accessed solely pre-school care, 62 accessed out of school care. 14 accessed both pre-school and out of school care. We also ran a number of holiday clubs during the year which were popular. The holiday clubs were accessed by 54 children overall, attending day, morning, or afternoon sessions. The holiday clubs provide the children with the opportunity to play and have fun in a safe environment with children and staff that they know. Camel Pre-school has an enthusiastic and committed stsff, led by a Manager and two Supervisors, all holding appropriate Early Years Qualifications and being very experienced in childcare. During the year they were supported by nine other pre-school stsff members, who all have wide experience in childcare and hold childcare qualifications at various levels. Each year the staff undertake additional training in line with Ofsted and management requirements, including continuing professional development and updating Child Protection training. The Pre-school also employs two part time administration and sUPPOrt staff. Our latest Ofsted report for early years provision, received following an inspection in Summer 2023, stated that Camel Pre-school was a good pre-school. The report stated that staff support children to sett'le wen and place a strong Tocus on their happiness and sa'fety. Children respond warmly to nurturing staff, who know the children and their families well. Partnerships with parents are strong, and parents are confident in the knowledge that their children are happy, safe and well cared for at the pre-school. Parents know their child's key person and receive regular communication regarding their child's learning and development. Staff work closely with other agencies to ensure the children receive specialistsupport when needed. In addition, staff work well with the local schools that children will attend. In order to further develop our links with parents and the community we have set up a dedicated Camel Pre-school website, which includes childcare policies, our prospectus, and details of stsff training, term dates, fees and future events. Since January 2017 Camel Pre-school has run a workplace pension scheme for staff in accordance with our Automatic Enrolment duties. During the year we also reviewed our policies in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage, and policies continue to be reviewed on a rolling program.
Fund raising, and additional funding from Oxfordshire County Council to support children's development, has enabled us to make new purchases of equipment in order to improve the resources available to the children attending sessions. Equipment purchased includes additional indoor and outside play equipment, and updating our learning resources for literacy, measuring & numeracy. We have also arranged for Tatty Bumpkin Yoga classes for the pre-school children, in addition to Boogie Mites music-making sessions. These are both run every week and the children thoroughly enjoy taking part in the sessions. At the end of the Autumn term all pre-school children were invited to a Christmas party held on the last day of term, which was very successful. In the spring term the children took part in World Book Day, they all dressed up as characters from their favourite books. During the year the pre-school children took part in Children in Need Day and Red Nose Day raising funds for charity. In the Summer term the pre-school wenton an outingto Bucklebury Farm which was subsidised from pre-school funds so that as many children as possible could take part. During the year the pre-school children enjoyed a princess and pirate themed day and Christmas jumper day. Children and parents also enjoyed an end of Summer term picnic, and children who would be stsrting primary school in the Autumn received personalised leaving top. Camel Pre-school strives to ensure that the opportunity to benefit from attending the pre-school is available to the whole community, regardless of financial considerations, bv: - Taknng part in the Early Edu&*iDn Funttin8 SrheTnE pruvirlin8 the unlver5al frep entltlErnent of up to 15 hours a week land the extended entitlement of an additional 15 hours per week for working parents) to three & four year-old children for 38 weeks a year, and allowing parents to use their entitlement flexibly to maxlmise the benefit. Providing places under the Early Education Entitlement for two year olds scheme. Providing the opportunity to pay fees termly or in instslments (monthly, weekly or other timings as agreed). Offering flexibility, so that families can re-arrange the sessions attended to meet changes in their personal or financial situation. Supporting families in investigating alternative funding available. Undertaking fund raising activities to supplementthe Pre-school's income, ensuring that fees charged are kept as low as possible. During the year Camel Pre-school ran a number of events at Halloween, Christmas and Easter to raise funds and also ran cake stalls and an end of year picnic. Yearly funds raised are yet to recover to pre Covid levels. Netfund raising amounted to £1766 (2022/23 £1569). There is on-going liaison and joint activities between Camel Pre-school and Stockham Primary School, especially in regard to the Foundation Stage of the school. The children have joined the school for key stege one assemblies, aPKI we hold open door with the se104 knwKl&tion stege on }dty afternoons. The children also joined in with the primary school sports day. Trustees, Annual Report dated 27 November 2024 DECLARATION The trustees have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature: Position: Print name:
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsos Camel Pre-school On accounts forthe year ended 17 August 2024 Charity no (if any) 1023768 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 17 August 2024. Responsiblllties and basls of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {Ihe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinalion, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. I hav8 completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf 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 order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: os ) /zqaS Name: s. Relevant professlonal quallflcation(sl or body Irf any): IER Oct 2018
Address: Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidan for examiners). Glve here brlef detslls of any items that the examiner wishes to dlscloso. IER Oct 2018