## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 Sept 2024 Period start date To 31 Aug 2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Silverstone Pre School**
## **Charity registration number: 1023791**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The aims of the preschool are to**
**enha ncethe development and**
**education of children primarily under**
**statutory school age by encouraging**
**parents to understand and provide for**
**the needs of their children through**
**community groups and by offering**
**appropriate play, education and care **
**facilities, family learning and extended**
**hours qroups**.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Running apreschool. The **
**preschool providesterm time **
**supervised sessions for**
**children age 2 to school age.**
**These sessions run for four**
**full days and one half day each**
**week. The sessions are **
**providedto children of the**
**local community**.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trusteeshave paid due regard to**
**the Charity Commission's guidance on**
**public benefit**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||
SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**NA**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**NA**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Invaluable contribution from the**
**volunteer trustees.**|
Other
|**Achievements and Performance**
SORP
reference
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.
Para 1.20
Staffa n d t r u s t e e s h a v eworked
extremely h a r d t o c o ntinue t oimprov e
o u r setting, offering t h e b e s tEarly Ye ar s
ex p e rienc e t hatwe c a n .We co n tinu e t o
offerfour a n d a halfd a y s aweek.
Children a n d p a r e n t s a re h a ppy , s afe
a n d su p p o r te d .Our reput ationis
st r ong ,with m o r e a n d m o r e children
joining u s .Our staffar e h a p p yworking
in t h e setting,withlots ofopport u nities
t o cont ribut e t o t h e r un nin g of
pre sc ho ol.
We a r e particularly p r o u d ofo u r
inclusiveness,workingwith children of
m a n y different n e e d s a n d b a c k g r o u n d s
t o provide t h e b e s t e nvir on me ntfor
t he m.
We als owork closelywithlocalprimary
s c h o ols , t o e n s u r e a s m o o t h transition
for o ur childrenin t o their new
Reception cla s s e s
We have invested funds in the setting up of an extra
room, so as to be able to accommodate 18 month
old children. This is proving popular.|**Achievements and Performance**
SORP
reference
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.
Para 1.20
Staffa n d t r u s t e e s h a v eworked
extremely h a r d t o c o ntinue t oimprov e
o u r setting, offering t h e b e s tEarly Ye ar s
ex p e rienc e t hatwe c a n .We co n tinu e t o
offerfour a n d a halfd a y s aweek.
Children a n d p a r e n t s a re h a ppy , s afe
a n d su p p o r te d .Our reput ationis
st r ong ,with m o r e a n d m o r e children
joining u s .Our staffar e h a p p yworking
in t h e setting,withlots ofopport u nities
t o cont ribut e t o t h e r un nin g of
pre sc ho ol.
We a r e particularly p r o u d ofo u r
inclusiveness,workingwith children of
m a n y different n e e d s a n d b a c k g r o u n d s
t o provide t h e b e s t e nvir on me ntfor
t he m.
We als owork closelywithlocalprimary
s c h o ols , t o e n s u r e a s m o o t h transition
for o ur childrenin t o their new
Reception cla s s e s
We have invested funds in the setting up of an extra
room, so as to be able to accommodate 18 month
old children. This is proving popular.|**Achievements and Performance**
SORP
reference
Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.
Para 1.20
Staffa n d t r u s t e e s h a v eworked
extremely h a r d t o c o ntinue t oimprov e
o u r setting, offering t h e b e s tEarly Ye ar s
ex p e rienc e t hatwe c a n .We co n tinu e t o
offerfour a n d a halfd a y s aweek.
Children a n d p a r e n t s a re h a ppy , s afe
a n d su p p o r te d .Our reput ationis
st r ong ,with m o r e a n d m o r e children
joining u s .Our staffar e h a p p yworking
in t h e setting,withlots ofopport u nities
t o cont ribut e t o t h e r un nin g of
pre sc ho ol.
We a r e particularly p r o u d ofo u r
inclusiveness,workingwith children of
m a n y different n e e d s a n d b a c k g r o u n d s
t o provide t h e b e s t e nvir on me ntfor
t he m.
We als owork closelywithlocalprimary
s c h o ols , t o e n s u r e a s m o o t h transition
for o ur childrenin t o their new
Reception cla s s e s
We have invested funds in the setting up of an extra
room, so as to be able to accommodate 18 month
old children. This is proving popular.|
|---|---|---|
||SORP
reference||
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Staffa n d t r u s t e e s h a v eworked
extremely h a r d t o c o ntinue t oimprov e
o u r setting, offering t h e b e s tEarly Ye ar s
ex p e rienc e t hatwe c a n .We co n tinu e t o
offerfour a n d a halfd a y s aweek.
Children a n d p a r e n t s a re h a ppy , s afe
a n d su p p o r te d .Our reput ationis
st r ong ,with m o r e a n d m o r e children
joining u s .Our staffar e h a p p yworking
in t h e setting,withlots ofopport u nities
t o cont ribut e t o t h e r un nin g of
pre sc ho ol.
We a r e particularly p r o u d ofo u r
inclusiveness,workingwith children of
m a n y different n e e d s a n d b a c k g r o u n d s
t o provide t h e b e s t e nvir on me ntfor
t he m.
We als owork closelywithlocalprimary
s c h o ols , t o e n s u r e a s m o o t h transition
for o ur childrenin t o their new
Reception cla s s e s
We have invested funds in the setting up of an extra
room, so as to be able to accommodate 18 month
old children. This is proving popular.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We are in a strong financial position**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held as contingency**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£55,450**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**No concerns**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**The main source of funding is from the**
**local authority for funded childcare.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**NA**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Change in government funding policy**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable trust**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees elected to post from suitable**
**volunteers**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Silverstone Pre School|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1023791|
|Charity’s principal address|Chapel Rooms
Murswell Lane
Silverstone
Towcester
NN13 8UT|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Elizabeth Jane
Watson|Treasurer|||
||Henny Burrows|Chair|1stSept 2024 – 17thFeb 25||
||Clare Smerdon|Secretary|1stSept 2024 – 17thFeb 25||
||Joanna Richards|ActingChair|17thFeb 25 -||
||Jack Richards|Secretary|17thFebruary25||
||Frederick Watson|Trustee|30thMay25||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Elizabeth Jane Watson
**Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
1[st] June 2026
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