## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date **01 January 2022**
Period end date
**31**
**December 2022**
**From**
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Southminster Pre-school Learning Alliance Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1026143 Charity's principal address** 1 Ely Close
Southminster Essex **Postcode CM0 7AQ**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Ms E Connor
2 Mrs L Roughley Treasurer
3 Miss K Norton Secretary
4 Miss A Lewis
5 Mrs K Wager
6 Mrs E Ward
7 Mrs L Riches Chair
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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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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**Accountant**|Tile &Co|Warden House, 37 Manor Road, Colchester , Essex, C03
3LX|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Preschool Learning Alliance Model Pre-school Constitution 2011 Type of governing document Trust Deed (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust – Constitution adopted May 1992 How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by trustees at annual general meeting Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
The Preschool follows the requirements set out in the Statutory You **may choose** to include Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage 2017. 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 the children through a community group.
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The Preschool is run from a communal hall rented from Southminster Parish Council and is open to preschool children from the local community.
**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
As we are starting to go back to a new normal after covid we were **Summary of the main** in talks with Southminster Primary School to renew our continued **achievements of the charity during the year** use of the premises. Sadly, we had to move premises after the July term in 2022. Southminster Primary required the rooms for an expected intake of their pupil number. We managed to rent a communal hall from our local parish council, thankfully the hall is only really used at this time for 2 other committee gatherings. So, we were able to make certain changes that would accommodate our use of the premises like adding a window which was donated by a local business and created a safe outdoor play area for the children. Because of our changes this year we were not able to provide some of the regular celebrations, however, we did introduce swimming lessons in our local pool and managed to end the with a Christmas stay & play craft session with parents and had a Santa visit the children with gifts.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
The trustees have reviewed the reserves held by the charity and consider that they are adequate to fund the obligations of the coming year
## **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**
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## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
Miss K Norton **Signature(s)** Mrs L Riches **Full name(s)** Mrs L Riches Miss K Norton **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Chair ] Secretary **Date** 30/10/2022
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|**For the period**
**from**
**1026143**
**SOUTHMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
**To**
**ALLIANCE**
**01-Jan-22**
**31-Dec-22**|**CC16a**|
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
ECC Funding 114,703.30 - - 114,703.30 66,426.00
Fees from Parents 13,946.50 - - 13,946.50 13,530.29
HMRC Job Retensiion Scheme - - - - 814.48
Donations 1,685.00 - - 1,685.00 -
Other - - - - 73.50
Sub total (Gross income for
- - 130,334.80 80,844.27
AR) [ 130,334.80 ]
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Interest received 9.75 - - 9.75 1.00
- - - - -
Sub total 9.75 - - 9.75 1.00
Total receipts 130,344.55 - - 130,344.55 80,845.27
A3 Payments
Wages and Pension 65,753.55 - - 65,753.55 53,286.19
Rent 8,459.00 - - 8,459.00 14,060.00
Insurance - PSLA 685.13 - - 685.13 672.43
Training 106.65 - - 106.65 425.00
Resources and Toys 2,556.00 - - 2,556.00 1,297.49
Ofsted 50.00 - - 50.00 50.00
Swimming and activities 726.00 726.00 -
Uniforms 155.00 - - 155.00 1,004.40
Catering 430.99 - - 430.99 345.56
Professional Fees 856.00 - - 856.00 623.37
Printing, Postage and Stationery 744.46 - - 744.46 602.17
Donations - - - - 10.00
Sundry 36.07 - - 36.07 -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 80,558.85 ] - - 80,558.85 72,376.61
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Classroom Alterations - - - - -
Outdoor Play Equipment - - - - -
Equipment and fittings - - - - -
Sub total
- - - - -
Total payments [ 80,558.85 ] - - 80,558.85 72,376.61
Net of receipts/(payments) 49,785.70 - - 49,785.70 8,468.66
A5 Transfers between funds
- - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 57,128.92 - - 57,128.92 48,660.26
Cash funds this year end
106,914.62 - - 106,914.62 57,128.92
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**
Classroom, play and office equipment
**Details**
Creditors
**Details**
**Details**
Barclays Bank Current Account
Barclays Bank Savings Account
Cash in Hand
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**96,808.15**
**-**
**10,102.33**
**-**
**4.14**
**-**
**106,914.62**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**f**
**d**
**Restricted**
**f**
**d**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
unrestricted
**24,326**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
unrestricted
**2,295**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
**Mrs Lucy Riches**
**Mrs Louise Roughley**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||||**Endowment**
**f**
**d**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of approval|
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Southminster Pre-school Learning Alliance **On accounts for the year** 31 December 2022 **Charity no** 1026143 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** One and Two (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 December 2022.**
**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.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) 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
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:** Julian Wyncoll **Date:** 26 February 2024 **Name:** Julian Wyncoll **Relevant professional** ICAEW **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Warden House 37 Manor Road Colchester CO3 3LX
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**October 2018**
**IER**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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**October 2018**
**IER**