2023-08-31-accounts - Kymbrook Preschool

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	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	Trustees' Annual Report	for theperiod	for theperiod	for theperiod
	From	Period start date			To	Period end date
		01	09	22		31	08	23

Section A Reference and administration details	Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name	Kymbrook Pre-School

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1026995

Charity's principal address Kimbolton Road

Keysoe Bedford Postcode MK44 2HH

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
		LindseyMaskell
		Jane Browning
		Jazzmin Spencer
		TracyRichards
		Rachel Smith
		Nina McNally














		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	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) Elected Members Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Kymbrook Preschool is a body in membership of the Pre-school Learning You may choose to include Alliance. The organisation is registered with Ofsted as a provider of additional information, where childcare. 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 primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children though community groups.

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The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the charity commission on the public benefit and have during the year undertaken the provision of play, education, and care facilities family, learning and extended hours’ groups.

The main activity undertaken is the advancement of education for children aged 2-5. The standard of the education is monitored by Ofsted through inspections and reports. Our most recent inspection in September 2023 graded our standard of provision as ‘good’.

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)

Play activities are based around the EYFS development matters statements ( Communication and language, Personal, social and emotional development, physical development, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world and expressive arts and design)

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

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

We have increased the number of children we provide care for which has meant we can employ an unqualified member of staff. Staff member gained level 3 qualification Continued to provide high quality education and care Continued to support families at our setting

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The charity attempts to run reserves at approximately 2-3 month running costs

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)

Jazzmin Spencer Full name(s) Nina McNally Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Manager Committee etc) Date 06/06/2024 20/05/2024

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Charity Commission

Charity Commission Annual Return 2023

KYMBROOK PRESCHOOL

Charity registration number: 1026995

Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked. This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2023.

Financial period

Financial period start date

01/09/2022

Financial period end date

31/08/2023

Income and spending

Income £

£97,140

Spending £

£95,554

Number of contracts from government

How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?

Number of grants from government

How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?

Income breakdown

Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received)

£58

Charitable activities

£510

Other trading activities

£52,373

Investments

£0

Other

£44,199

Recipients of grants

Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).Individuals

£0

Other charities

£0

Other organisations that are not charities

£0

Trustee payments

Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return?

⊠ e. None of the trustees have been paid

Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return?

Income from outside the UK

Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom

Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

Spending outside England & Wales

Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

Trading subsidiaries

Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?

Charity contact details correct

Is the contact address displayed from the Register of Charities, correct?

Yes

Charity headquarters details correct

Is this the same address that you use as your charity's administrative headquarters?

Yes

Charity contact address

Kymbrook Pre-School

Kimbolton Road, Keysoe

KEYSOE

Keysoe, Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK44 2HH

Charity Headquarters address

Kymbrook Pre-School

Kimbolton Road, Keysoe

KEYSOE

Keysoe, Bedford

Bedfordshire

MK44 2HH

Membership type

Is the charity part of a wider group structure with a parent body and subsidiary bodies?

no, the charity is not part of a wider group structure

Employment contract types

People were permanently employed by your charity

People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity

Self-employed people were working for your charity

Total overseas employees

How many of the people above work on behalf of your charity outside of the United Kingdom?

Total employee payroll

What was the total amount spent on employee payroll during the financial period relating to this return?

£77,680

Employees' salaries

Did any of your charity's employees receive total employment benefits of £60,000 or more in the financial period of this annual return?

Governance policies

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Yes

Safeguarding policy and procedures

Yes

Financial reserves policy and procedures

Yes

Complaints policy and procedures

Yes

Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Yes

Internal risk management policy and procedures

Yes

Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Yes

Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Yes

Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Yes

Social media policy and procedures

Yes

Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Serious Incidents

Has your charity reported all Serious Incidents (including any historical incidents) that the charity became aware of during the financial period of this return? There were no incidents to report

External risk and impact

Donations,

Negative

Other income - grants

Negative

Other income - contracts

Negative

Other income - investment

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Expenditure on charitable activities

Negative

Expenditure on overheads

Negative

Number of volunteers

Negative

Number of employees

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Number of trustees

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Fundraising activities

Negative

Capacity to deliver services

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Total service demand

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Volunteers

Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return? 4

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Declaration

Your role at the charity (select one):

⊠Advisor
Given names	KYMBROOK

Family name	PRESCHOOL

Telephone	07951857203
number

Email	kymbrookpreschool@gmail.com

Date submitted	13/05/2024

It is a criminal offence under section 60 of the Charities Act 2011 for anyone to knowingly or recklessly provide false or misleading information to the commission; this includes

suppressing, concealing or destroying documents.

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees Charity Name Kymbrook Preschool On accounts for the year 31/08/2023 Charity no 1029695 ended (if any) Set out on pages (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 DD / MM / YYYY .

Charity no 1029695 (if any) (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable.

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 fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns 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.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Name:	C. Killen	03/03/2024

	Catherine Killen

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body

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(if any):

Address:

43 Park Road

Melchbourne Bedfordshire

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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 .

Oct 2018

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