2022-08-31-accounts - Little Flyers Pre-School

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 09 2021 To 31 08 2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Little Flyers Pre School

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1025728

Charity's principal address Sway Village Hall

Middle Road Sway, Hampshire Postcode SO41 6BB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
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1 Simon Croutear Chairperson
2 Samantha Bown Treasurer
Georgina Secretary
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Croutear
4 Felicity Patch
5 Sharon Rickman
6 Sarah Minifie
Emma
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Stelmaszyk
8 Tom Kimber From October 2021
Samantha From October 2021
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Kimber
10 Miranda Elliot From October 2021
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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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June 2023

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) Trustees are nominated and approved by the Committee Trustee selection methods (Trustees) (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

TAR

June 2023

To provide education and social development for children from 2 years to school age

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

We provide pre-school education to children aged 2 up to school age, from Sway and the surrounding area, in line with the Early Years Foundation stage.
We ensure good links with local schools to ensure a smooth transition for the children when they move up to primary school.

 We encourage and facilitate social relationships to form between the children, and between children and staff. 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)

TAR

June 2023

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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June 2023

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

After the huge uncertainty for the preschool in the previous financial year, where the charity made an unprecedented loss of £8k, the financial year 2021-2022 saw an upturn, returning a surplus of £3,453. The upturn was a result of implementing significant changes to the running of the preschool (improved efficiency of staffing rota, increasing fees) and also a marked increase in the number of children attending the setting.

Our achievements:

At the end of the year, 15 children moved successfully up to primary school and settled in well.
New children were welcomed into the preschool and our holiday club for children up to 7 years old was extremely successful across both the Easter and summer holidays.
We held a number of fundraising events now that COVID restrictions had been fully lifted including the very successful Christmas Crafternoon, a stall at the village fete, a jumble sale and the pre-school sports day.
We are grateful, as always, for the donations received during the year which have continued to help towards the revamping of the outside area and water play equipment. We would like to thank again to the Sway Carnival Committee and also to the Silver Hind for their kind donations and support.

We continue to appreciate the support we receive from parents and the local community and in particular the incredible loyalty and commitment of our wonderful staff.

Section E Financial review

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June 2023

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Little Flyers has potential financial commitments for which we need to put aside some of our income as a reserve against future uncertainties. The Current account holds a reserve of ~£3k to cover fluctuations in receipts or payments and as a risk contingency.

The Deposit account holds a reserve of ~£10k as a contingency fund to pay staffing costs in the event of a closure.

Details of any funds materially 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) Sharon Oakley Full name(s) Dr Samantha Bown Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Current co-chairperson Chair, etc) Date 27/06/2022

TAR

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsesl members of Lrttte Ftyers Pre - Sway On accounts for the year onded 3111)8122 Charity no (If any) 01025728 Set out on pago ,'iun..cef& ofaodrJor,al shw..; I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31 August 2022. Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees. you are responsible for th8 preparalion of the basis of rèport accounts in accordance wrth 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 1445}(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have examiner's Statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,: the accounting records were not k8Pt in accordanc8 With section 130 of the Ad., or the a¢untS did not accord with th8 accounting records", or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Inje and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I hava no conc•rns gnd have come a¢ro#? no other matters in GonneGtlon with the examination to which attention should b8 drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Date: 1010612023 Name: Mr WT G Bird (FCA) Relevant professional qualification(s) or body Ilf any): Address: Institirte of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Sway Lymington Hampshire IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of Concern (see CC32, Independerrt examination of ¢hatity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here details of any items that the examlner wlshos to dlsclose. IER October 2018