## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 9[th] August 2023 8[th] August 2024 **From** **To** ## 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** |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---| |1 Jo-Ann Murphy|Chairperson||| |Joanne Scott|Treasurer||| |Louise Boden|Secretary||| |Kelly Harry|||| |5|||| |6|||| |7|||| |8|||| |9|||| |10|||| |11|||| |12|||| |13|||| |14|||| |15|||| |16|||| |17|||| |18|||| |19|||| |20
~~Be~~|~~Be~~|~~Be~~|~~Be~~| **TAR** **April 2009** 1 |**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. **TAR** **April 2009** 2 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. **TAR** **April 2009** 3 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** **TAR** **April 2009** 4 ## **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** 22nd May 2025 **TAR** **April 2009** 5 **WHALLEY PRE-SCHOOL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 8th AUGUST 2024** ## **2023-2024** |**£**
**Receipts**
Fee Income
Free Entitlement Funding
Fees paid privately
Registration fees
Milk Rebate
T-Shirt Sales Income
Fundraising Income (gross)
Gift Aid
Donations
Other
Interest Received
Restricted Funds - Grants Received
**Expenditure**
Wages, Inland Revenue & Pension
102,774
Rent
5,050
Milk
366
Accountancy Fees
120
Courses
2,270
General Insurance
0
Toys & Equipment
1,573
Craft Expenses
487
Tshirts/book bags
0
Office Expenses
631
Ofsted Fees
282
Mobile phone
694
Project Expenses
0
Snacks
785
Gifts
1,588
Bethany Project
520
Sundry Expenses
2,546
Petty Cash
375
Subscription
617
Advertising
0
**Actual Expenditure in year**
**Excess of Income Over Expenditure**|**£**
**£**
112,654
35,614
0
148,269
531
0
790
0
560
402
1,513
152,065
0
152,065
(120,679)
(120,679)
31,386| |---|---| Whalley Pre4ehool- 1024628 Independent Examinerls Report to the trustees of Whalley Pre-school I teport to th¢ charity truste¢$ on my ¢xamination of the Ncoounts of the charity for tbe y¢8r ¢nd¢d 8th August 2024. Respectlve responsibilities of trustees and ¢i*mlner As the charity's trust¢¢s of Whall¢y Pre-school you are rtsspon8ible for the prq)aration of tbe accounts in ccordan¢¢ wtth the requiremellts of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'}, I r¢port in Te8pect of my examination of th¢ Whalley Pre-school's a¢¢ounts ¢aTried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my ¢xamination I have followed all th¢ applicable directions given by the Charity Commi8sion under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examitiation. I confirrn that no material ll￿tter8 hav¢ com¢ to my att¢ntion An Gonnection with the examination givillg me cause to believe that in any material resp¢¢t: l. accounting records were not kept in respect of Whall¢y Pr¢-School as required by section 130 of the Act" or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. or 3. the accounts do not comply witb the accounting r¢quirements concerning the fom and content of llccounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 21X)8 other thall any requirement th&t the accounts give a'tru¢ and fair view, which is not a matter considered &s purt of an indep¢ndent examillation. I have no conc¢ms and have com¢ across no other matt¢rs ift Connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this r¢port in order to etmble a proper understanding of the accounts to be r¢ached. a.. LJ ,LJtho Alison Watson ACA ATll DSM CA Ltd Th¢ Station House Station Road Whall¢y Lancashire BB7 9RT Date: Iq l 00 ac)z