CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 0110412024
Period start date To 3110312025
Charlty name: HACKNESS & DISTRICT UNDER FIVES
Charity registration numbar: 1025461
Period end dats
Objectives and Activities
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
A fee charging pre-school playgroup
registered with Ofsted to provide
childcare and oducation to children age
2to4.
Childcare and nursery education.
Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit. in particular, the
activities, projects or
ServI￿S identified in the
accounts.
Statement confinning
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit
Para 1.17 and
1.19
Para 1.18
The Trustees have had regard to the
guidance.
Additional infonnation loptional)
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choose to include further statements where relevant abouL'
SORP retstenco
Parn 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 Perfomiance
SORP r•feren
Providing quality childcare and pro-
school education to children aged 2 to
4, contrlbuting to their crucial earfy
years developmen( preparing them for
the transition to school and enabling
parents to work
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
Enabling access to the Setting for all
comers. and enabling families to access
Government funding where applicable.
We currendy employ 5 staff so provide
employment within the local area.
Additional information loptional)
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choose to include further statements where relevant about..
Achievements against
objectives set
Para 1.41
Perfomiance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set
Para 1.41
Investment perfonnance
against objectives
Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review
Review of the charity's
financial position at the end
of the
nod
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held
Para 1.21
We are currently holding r•asonabl•
reserves.
Para 1.22
We hold a resorve to allow for
fluctuations In the number of children
attending the setting.
We have also been advised to hold a
reserve in case of future liabilities such
as redundancies.
Amount of reserves held
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Details of fund materially in
deficit
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
Para 1.22
Para 1.22
£66 000
NIA
Para 1.24
NIA
Para 1.23
Additional information loptional)
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choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity's principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)
Para 1.47
Investment policy and
objectives induding any
social investment policy
adopted
Para 1.46
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
Para 1.46
Other

Structure, Governance and Management
Description of charity's
trusts..
Type of goveming document
How is the chaiity
constituted?
Para 1.25
Constitution
Para 1.25
Unincorporated association
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
Election to post at AGM
Additional infomiation (optional)
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choose to include further statements where relevant about."
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
PaA 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
name
Other name the cha
uses
Registered charity number
Charity's principal address
Hackness & District Under Fives
1025461
Hackness Village Hall
Hackness
Scart)orough
N Yorkshire
Y013 OJW

Names of the charity trustse8 who manage the charity
Trustee name
Office (If any)
Date8 acted rf not for whole
TrusteelPractitioner
Name of person (or body) entitled
olnt trustee
Ifan
Hackness & District Under
Fives Committee
Hackness & District Under
Fives Committee
Hackness & District Under
Fives Committee
Hackness & District Under
Fives Committee
Melanie Martlitt
Hannah Tite
Trustee
Katy Sheehy
Trusteelchair
Jessica Hall-
Atkinson
TrusteelPractitioner
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Cor
orate trustees - names of the directors at the date the re
Director name
rtwasa
roved
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name
Dates acted If not for wholo

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
charty'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 infomiation)
Type of
Name
Address
adviser
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional infomiation)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of ke
rsonnel details
Other o
tional inforniation

Declarations
The trustses declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
sagnaturels)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)
Melanie Marflttt
Trustee
Katy Sheehy
Chair
Dats
2810112026

## Hackness & District Under Fives 

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 March 2025 



## Hackness & District Under Fives 

## Contents of the Financial Statements 

|Business Information|2|
|---|---|
|Accountants|3|
|Profit and Loss Account|4|
|Balance Sheet|5|
|Detailed Profit and Loss Account|6|



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## Hackness & District Under Fives 

## Business Information 

for the year from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 

**Proprietor** Hackness and District Under Fives **Address** Hackness Scarborough YO13 0JW **Accountant** Rural Accounting Unit 3-4 Betton Farm East Ayton Scarborough YO13 9HT 

2 



## Hackness & District Under Fives 

## Accountants 

Rural Accounting Unit 3-4 Betton Farm East Ayton Scarborough YO13 9HT 

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## Hackness & District Under Fives 

## Profit and Loss Account 

for the year from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 

|Turnover<br>Staff costs<br>Other Charges<br>Profit for the year|2025<br>£<br>66,952<br>(44,639)<br>(15,648)|2024<br>£<br>81,613<br>(45,819)<br>(18,408)|
|---|---|---|
||6,665|17,386|



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## Hackness & District Under Fives 

## Balance Sheet as at 

## 31 March 2025 

|**Assets**<br>Current Assets<br>**Capital, Reserves and Liabilities**<br>Capital and reserves<br>Creditors amounts falling due within one year|2025<br>£<br>66,017|2024<br>£<br>59,273|
|---|---|---|
||66,017|59,273|
||65,938<br>79|59,273<br>-|
||66,017|59,273|



These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. 

They were approved on 20 January 2026 by: 

Hackness and District Under Fives **Proprietor** 

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## Hackness & District Under Fives 

## Detailed Profit and Loss Account 

## for the year from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 

|**Turnover**<br>Fundraising<br>Interest Income<br>North Yorks County Council Funding<br>Parent Fees<br>Trip Income<br>**Staff Costs**<br>Direct Wages<br>Pensions Costs<br>Staff Training<br>Wages & Salaries<br>**Other charges**<br>Accountancy fees<br>Cleaning & PPE<br>Equipment<br>Legal Expenses<br>Printing & Stationery<br>Provisions<br>Rent<br>Repairs & Maintenance<br>Subscriptions<br>Sundry Expenses<br>Telephone & Internet<br>Trips & Workshops<br>**Profit for the year**<br>Net Profit|2025<br>£<br>121<br>429<br>56,771<br>9,191<br>440|2024<br>£<br>424<br>160<br>65,612<br>14,511<br>906|
|---|---|---|
||66,952<br>519<br>1,167<br>333<br>42,620|81,613<br>2,154<br>-<br>760<br>42,905|
||44,639<br>360<br>165<br>731<br>-<br>133<br>526<br>10,180<br>252<br>1,608<br>437<br>625<br>631|45,819<br>275<br>225<br>892<br>1,548<br>234<br>754<br>10,612<br>315<br>1,552<br>47<br>761<br>1,193|
||15,648<br>6,665|18,408<br>17,386|
||6,665|17,386|



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Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees of
Hackness and District U nder Fives
On accounts for the year
ended
31 March 2025
Charity no
1025461
Set out on pages
I report to the trUSt￿S on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the
Trusf,) for the year ended
Responsibilities and
basis 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 ("the ACY,).
I report in respect of my exam ination 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 Charty Commission under section 145{5}(b) of the
Act.
Independent
examinerfs 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
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:
Valerie E Hall
Date:
2710112025
Name:
Valerie E Hall (Rural Accounting)
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Institute of Accountants and Bookkeepers (FIAB)
Address:
Rural Accounting
U nit 34 Betton Farm. Racecourse Road. East Ayton, Scarborough
North Yorkshire, Y013 9HT

Section B
Disclosure
Give here brief
details of any
items that the
examiner
wishes to
disclose.