## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1 October 2023 Period start date To 30 September 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Victoria Pre School**
## **Charity registration number: 1025492**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide pre school education to**
**children from the age of 2 years**|
|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|**Provision of a school building, trained**
**teaching staff and adherence to all**
**regulations governing the provision of**
**pre school education.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes**|
## **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**
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|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|**Continuation in provision of pre school**
**education to keep the pre school**
**running to the best of its ability within**
**the current climate and the continuing**
**changes to pre school education. It is a**
**constant worry the pre school education**
**will continue due to the minimum wage**
**increases and the rise in National**
**Insurance contributions. With costs**
**continuing to rise the pre schools**
**continue to struggle and this needs to**
**be addressed to continue pre schools to**
**run.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**As you can see by the accounts the pre**
**school made a profit but only due to the**
**fact of increasing our numbers that our**
**setting can now take.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Very little reserves.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**No spare money to hold in reserves.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**With the continuing current climate and**
**high costs am very concerned how long**
**the pre school will continue to survive.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|
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|You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Principal source of funds is from local**
**authority funding for each child this**
**needs to be addressed by the**
**government.**|
|Investment policy and
objectives including 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 governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Pre School Learning Alliance**|
|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|**Appointed at AGM**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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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|Victoria Pre School|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1025492|
|Charity’s principal address|Childrens Centre
Ashburnham Way
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 8LJ|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Louise Brackstone|Chair|1 October 2023/
30 September 2024||
||Carol George|Treasurer|1 October 2023/
30 September 2024||
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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)** Carol George
**Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
04/06/2025
Vlctoria Pre-school
enditure Account for the Year Ended 30th Se
Income and Ex
tember 2024
Incom8
Feesluniform
EDYCP Grant
Deposit Account Inlerest
Ex
enditure
Wageslcleaning
Courses
Waveney Norse l Dell School
Printing of T-shirts
Microsoft Cover
East Suffolk Licence
Telephone
Supplies for classroom
Insurance
CRB'S
Xmas Party
Photocopier
Sundries
Summer Trip
Cover for Laptop
Consumables
Milk
Ofsted
Skip
Accoutant
Laptop
22928
115255
101117
25
3548
1172
223
20
969
3388
790
150
520
293
51
232
134
1843
45
85
260
50
269
138183
115184
Profit
22999
138183
138183
Balance Sheet as at 30th Se
tember 2024
Current Account
Deposit Account
Petty Cash
Fundraising Account
33855
10
25
5641
Profit & Loss Account blfwd
16532
Profit for year
22999
39531
39531
This is a true and accurate statement of accounts year ending 30th September.
Signed Trustee:
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
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Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Victoria Pre School
On accounts for the year
ended
30 September 2024
Charity no
(if any)
1025492
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my altention (
) in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn 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:
Date:
Name:
JkS0
Relevant professional
qualifiGation(s) or body
(if any):
Address:
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IER
October 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for
examiners).
Give here brief detsils of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018