2023-08-08-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

From

Period start date 9[th] August 2022

To

Period end date 8[th] August 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name[Whalley Pre-School]

Other names charity is known by[Whalley Pre-School Playgroup]

Registered charity number (if any) 1024628

Charity's principal address	Charity's principal address	Charity's principal address	The Old Grammar School, Station Road, Whalley	The Old Grammar School, Station Road, Whalley
			Lancashire
			Postcode	BB7 9RH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Jo-Ann Murphy Chairperson 2[Joanne Scott ] Treasurer 3[Louise Boden ] Secretary 4[Kelly Harry] 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~ee~~ Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) 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

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by resolution of existing trustee body and committee members Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include 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

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups.

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Running Pre-school sessions for the development and education of local children to prepare them for the transition to full time education.

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)

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.

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Section D Achievements and performance

The Pre-School opens for five full days per week during the academic Summary of the main year. It is operated by ten staff members. achievements of the charity during the year

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Section E Financial review

N/A

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially N/A in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Jo-Ann Murphy Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairperson etc)

Date 4th June 2024

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WHALLEY PRE-SCHOOL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 8th AUGUST 2023

	2022-2023	2022-2023
	£	£	£
Receipts
Fee Income
Free Entitlement Funding		92,456
Fees paid privately		18,925
Registration fees		0
Milk Rebate		111,382 211
T-Shirt Sales Income		0
Fundraising Income (gross)		0
Gift Aid		0
Playgroup		0
Other		227
Interest Received		488
Restricted Funds - Grants Received		112,308 2,999	115,307
Expenditure
Wages, Inland Revenue & Pension	93,581
Rent	4,000
Milk	364
Accountancy Fees	114
Courses	914
General Insurance	1,642
Toys & Equipment	1,717
Craft Expenses	532
Tshirts/book bags	0
Office Expenses	837
Ofsted Fees	220
Mobile phone	628
Project Expenses	19,077
Snacks	482
Gifts	774
Fundraising Expenses	0
Sundry Expenses	2,114
Petty Cash	700
Subscription	472
Advertising	0	(128,169)
Actual Expenditure in year Excess of Income Over Expenditure			(128,169) (12,862)

Whalley Pr￿h0o￿ 1024628 IDdependent Examinerls Report to the trnstees of Whalley Prtssehool I rq)ortto the clwity trustees on my examination of tbe accounts of th¢ charaty for the year ended 8 August 2023. R¢spe¢tive r￿pOl￿]bilitieS of trmsttts amd e￿mIller As the charity's lrnstees of wI￿lleY Pre-sch￿1 you #re T￿￿Tryible for the preparation ofthe accounts i aC￿rdanCe with the requirements of the Cbarities Act 2011 ('thc Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Thl)alley Pr￿sCh1}DI,8 ￿0￿]ts ca￿led out under section 145 of the 2011 Acl and ID corrying out my examination I hav¢ followd th¢ applic8blo directiolls given by Ihe Charity Commission wider section 145(5iib) of the ACL IDdq)endent eximiner's Statement I have ￿n)pleted my examiDation. I c4mfum that no Jnaterial Matt￿S have to my attention iti connection with th¢ ¢x4mination giving me cause to believe that ill any mat¢Tial rry￿1.. l. a¢counting r¢cords t￿1 kcpt ID respect ofwhalley Pre-S¢hool &8 r¢quir¢d by wtion 130 of th¢ Act. or 2. the accounts do not acwrd with those records. or 3. the accounts do not ￿mplY with the accountin8 requiretnents cou￿l￿g the f¢)Tm and content of ac¢ounts s¢t out in the Cbaritics (Accouots and liepotts) Regulations 21M)8 other thau any reqUireM￿t that the aw)unts give a'twc and fairview which is not & matter consid¢r¢d As part of ￿ independent ¢xamination. I haye no concems and hav¢ corn¢ acros5 no other matters ill Co[￿￿tion with th¢ examination ¢0 which attention should be Ilrawn ill this rp)rt in order to enable aproper ulldirstandillg of th¢ accounts to be Teached. Tim Birch FCCA BA (Honsj DSMCA Ltd The S￿10￿ House Staiion Road Whalley BB7 9RT