2021-08-31-accounts - Argyle Pre-School Nursery

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Argyle Pre-School Registered Charity Number 1027185 Year Ended 31 August 2021

Argyle Pre-School

Charity Name and Number

Argyle Pre-School: registered charity number 1027185

Correspondence Address

2 Woodhouse Lane, Tamworth, B77 3AE

Trustees

Christina Stokes Alice Crouchman Karis Collett Holly Fitzsimons Katie Myatt

Independent Examiner

Rachel Robins, R&S Accounts Ltd, 9 Emberton Way, Amington Fields, Tamworth, Staffs, B77 3QQ

Trustees Annual Report for the year ended 31 August 2021.

It has been a very unusual twelve months for Argyle Pre School Nursery. The nursery has continued to run smoothly and efficiently despite the Corona virus and the restrictions. It stayed open for the children of key workers and vulnerable children during the lockdowns and restrictions. During the Autumn term the nursery relied on the Staffordshire County Council funding to see it through. The nursery did not claim any job retention scheme grants due to everything being covered by public funding and nursery fees received for those children that were not funded by Staffordshire County Council. All staff was able to work but dong fewer hours and all staff were retained. The smooth operation of the nursery is due to the continuing commitment of hard work from management and all staff at Argyle Pre School.

We welcomed back a member of staff who were unable to work during the pandemic due to being extremely vulnerable.

We also welcomed a number of new families to the nursery where we had a number of new children.

We also said goodbye to a member of staff who had made a career change and wanted to support children with special educational needs.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our staff for their continued hard work and dedication they give to the nursery; without them the nursery would not be as it is today without them. This brings my report to an end and I would like to again thank everyone for their continuing support of the nursery ~ Our staff, committee and families who work hard to ensure this nursery continues to be such an enjoyable experience for all of our children.

Statement of trustees' responsibilities

Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and its financial activities for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operational existence.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Independent Examiner

The trustees intend to ask the existing accountants to undertake the independent examination of the charity in the following year.

Signed on behalf of the trustees

Christina Stokes

Christina Stokes

14[th] April 2022

Independent examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Argyle Pre-School

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2021, which is set out on the following page.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act;
to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act); and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of the independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts represent a “true and fair” view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: • to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act;
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

14[th] April 2022

Rachel Robins BSc (hons) MAAT R&S Accounts Ltd

9 Emberton Way Amington Fields Tamworth Staffs B77 3QQ

	Argyle Pre-School			No 1027185		CC16a

Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period	01/09/2020	To	31/08/2021


Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds		Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £		to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Staffordshire CountyCouncil Grant	108,232		-		108,232	135,281
Fees received	31,340		-		31,340	17,576
Advance fundingSMP			-		-	1,781
	-	-	-		-	-
	-	-	-		-	-
	-	-	-		-	-
	-	-	-		-	-
	-	-	-		-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	139,572	-	-		139,572	154,638

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-	-	-		-	-
	-	-	-		-	-
*Sub total*	-	-	-		-	-

*Total receipts*	139,572	-	-		139,572	154,638

A3 Payments
Administration, payroll and accounts	837	-	-		837	938
Consumables inc. craft & snacks	2,228	-	-		2,228	2,424
DBS Checks	65	-	-		65	91
Household maintenance/ small items	1,974	-	-		1,974	1,703
Insurance	1,460	-	-		1,460	1,460
Memberships/ Subscriptions	110	-	-		110	445
Pension employer contributions	1,741	-	-		1,741	1,662
Rent	14,000	-	-		14,000	10,000
Repairs and maintenance		-	-		-	-
Salariesgross	121,204	-	-		121,204	121,354
Salaries employer's national insurance	1,315	-	-		1,315	2,670
Staff entertainment and welfare		-	-		-	285
Stationery, postage & office	129	-	-		129	693
Telephone and internet	1,545	-	-		1,545	1,395
Trainingcosts	288				288
Unifrom	374	-	-		374	48
Utilitycosts	1,960	-	-		1,960	2,840
**Sub total **	149,230	-	-		149,230	148,008

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-	-	-		-	-
	-	-	-		-	-
**Sub total **	-	-	-		-	-

*Total payments*	149,230	-	-		149,230	148,008

*Net of receipts/(payments)*	- 9,658	-	-		- 9,658	6,630
A5 Transfers between funds			-		-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end	41,760	-	-		41,760	35,130
*Cash funds this year end*	32,102	-	-		32,102	41,760

Categories	Details		Unrestricted	Restricted	Restricted
			to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Bank		32,102	-	-
			-	-	-
			-	-	-
	*Total cash* *funds*		32,102	-	-
			OK	OK	OK
			Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Restricted funds
	Details		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	None		-	-	-
			-	-	-
			-	-	-

	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Cost (optional)
B3 Investment assets	None			-	-
				-	-
				-	-

	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Cost (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the	Shed and toys		Unrestricted	-	-
charity’s own use				-	-
				-	-

	Details		Fund to which ~~liabilit relates~~	Amount due ~~(otional)~~	Amount due ~~(otional)~~
B5 Liabilities	PAYE due from July & August 2021		~~y~~ Unrestricted	~~p~~ 1,324	~~p~~ 19.10.21
	NEST pension from August 21			340	10.9.21
				-	-

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature		Print Name		Date of approval
	Christina Stokes	CHRISTINASTOKES			14/04/2022