## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/04/24 Period start date To Period end date**
**01/04/25**
## **Charity name:Little Explorers Preschool**
## **Charity registration number:1024003**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Providing the Early Years Foundation**
**Stage which is the statutory framework**
**for early years education.**|
|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|**Registered childcare provider for early**
**years education for 2-4 year olds.using**
**fundraising to improve the range of toys,**
**equipment or other required resources.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have considered the**
**guidance when making relevant**
**decisions including when reviewing or**
**considering new activities.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference|
|---|---|
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on grant making||
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on social investment||
|including program related||
|investment||
||Para 1.38|
|Contribution made by||
|volunteers||
|Other||
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference **Providing high quality childcare at affordable prices for local families** Summary of the main Para 1.20 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.
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|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|**Have made a loss of £1498, none profit**
**making**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**A reserve is held to protect trustees**
**incase the charity’s ability to continue**
**comes a concern or to cover any**
**shortfalls**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£7000**|
|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|**New government funding for working**
**families children should protect the**
**preschool future going forward**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity 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|**Membership**|
|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|**Annual appointment at AGM**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Little Explorers Preschool|
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|Other name the charity uses|St marks preschool committee|
|Registered charity number|10240003|
|Charity’s principal address|Scout Hut
Rosemary rd
Cheslyn Hay
WS6 7DY|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||Emma Cartlidge||||
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Rowlands-Owens||||
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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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|Tracey Longmore||
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||Tracey Helen Longmore||
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Manager||
||04/01/2026||
||04/01/2026||
**LITTLE EXPLORERS PRESCHOOL**
**No (if any)**
**Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y For the period** 01/04/2024 01/04/2025 **To from** ~~ee~~ **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**to the nearest**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
**£**
## **A1 Receipts**
|**A1 Receiptsptsts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Funded andprivate fundingfor childcare|**66,221**||**-**||**-**||**66,221**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**66,221**||**-**||**-**||**66,221**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**66,221**
**-**
**-**
**66,221**
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|**A3 Payments**||||||||
|Wages/pension/tax/NI(1/4/24-1/4/25)|**1,547**||**-**||**-**||**1,547**|
|Wages etc(6/4/24-6/4/25)|**57,770**||**-**||**-**||**57,770**|
|Insurance/ofsted|**840**||**-**||**-**||**840**|
|Rent|**4,084**||**-**||**-**||**4,084**|
|Sports4kids|**532**||**-**||**-**||**532**|
|Payroo|**624**||**-**||**-**||**624**|
|Phone|**91**||**-**||**-**||**91**|
|Farm visit/ twinkle|**225**||**-**||**-**||**225**|
|Petty cash (food ink supplies toiletries||||||||
|nurseryworld)|**1,214**||**-**||**-**||**1,214**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**66,927**||**-**||**-**||**66,927**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**Laptop books bikes**
**793**
**-**
**-**
**793**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 793**
**-**
**-**
**793**
**_Total payments_**
**67,720**
**-**
**-**
**67,720**
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**- 1,499**||**-**||**-**|
|**- 1,499**|
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||**-**|
|**-**|
|**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**- 1,499**||**-**||**-**||**- 1,499**|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**|
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**Fund to which Amount due liability relates (optional)**
**Details** ~~3~~
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
**-**
Signature Print Name
CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
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## **Last year**
## **to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-** 5
CCXX R5 accounts (SS)
**-**
CCXX R6 accounts (SS)
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## **Endowment funds**
## **to nearest £**
**-**
OK
## **Endowment funds to nearest £**
**-**
**Current value (optional)**
**-**
**Current value (optional)**
**-**
**When due (optional)** 7
CCXX R7 accounts (SS)
Date of approval
CCXX R8 accounts (SS)
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees** Charity Name Little Explorers Preschool **On accounts for the year** 01/04/2025 **Charity no** 1024003 **ended (if any) Set out on pages**
**Report to the trustees**
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **01/04/2025**
**Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 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 examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) 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 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 fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns 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.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:** S Stewart-Cooney **Date:** 04/12/2026
**Name:** Shirley Stewart-Cooney
**Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Oct 2018**
1
**IER**
**Address:** 1Wesley Avenue, Cheslyn Hay, WW6 7JF
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**Oct 2018**
2
**IER**