Njillage H4//A) Southwater Village Hall Pre-school Report & Accounts For The Year Ended 31 August 2023 Millcr Robinstsn Ltd Accountants & Business C'onsultant5 Southwater Vlllage HAII Pre SLhool INDEX Yeor Ended 31 August 2023 Page Index Gei)eL-al ii)foi'ination Repoi"t of tlie Trustees Stalen)enl of Financial A¢tivilies St2t¢mcnt of Assets and Liabilities Accounting Policies Nute5 to thc Accounts Report of the liidepend¢nt Examincr Southwater Village Hall Pre Seliool GENERAL INFORMATION Year Ended 31 August 2023 TTUStees Hannah Schol¢field {Chair) Jack Jennings (Secretary) Caioliiic Carter (Treasurer) Genuna Tidy (nominat¢d pcrson) Phil Stenning (cominstlee person) Liz Aydeinir (Comniittee pcrson) Mark Scholefield (committee person) Address Church Lane Soiithwater Horsham West Siissex RH13 9BT Charity Number 1027293 Bankers National Westininster Bank plc 47 Carfax Horsham West Subsex RH12 IYZ Independent examiner 'MRC Accountan¢y Ltd 2 Kings Court Haiivood Rtsad Horsham West Siissex RH13 SUR Southwater vill￿ge Hall Pre Scljool REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES Year Ended 31 August 2023 The trustces subniit their T¢port aiid accoiinls for the year ended 31 Aiigusl 2023. CoiJ5tltutioll Th¢ cliai'ity is governed by its constitution which follows the fOrn￿t r¢ronNn¢nd¢d by the Early Years Alliance. Oblects Th¢ charity is established lo enhance the d¢velopinenl and education of children iittd¢r statutory School ag¢ by encouraging PaTtnts to understand and provide for the needs of their Childrell through community groups. Orgaijisation Souiliwattr Villag¢ l-lall Pre-school was established in 1974 with the purpose of providing pre-school cdiication lo Ihosc below (he satuioiy srhool age. The Pre-school is run on a day 10 day ba8is by a Inanager who is supporied by ten btoff. With the support of the trustees they arc committed to a ￿nded programme of continuing professional development and work very hard lo auhieve this. In ¢iddition the manager and trusices regularly r¢view poliri¢s to ¢llSUT¢ that the charity is working in line with current good practi¢e and changing legislation. Tlie ttLisl¢es. includiiig thc otficers, arc clecicd 01 appointed on 4nnual basi8. The trustecs mct periodically iii Ihe yeai und¢r T¢Vl¢W. Between Jneeiings. thc officcrs of th6 Gh4Tily ronduGt ils affairs and Teporl Ih¢ir actio1￿ at tlie next Inceting of the Irusiees. TriEStees The names of the PTesent trusltes Icominittee members) are siate41 on pag¢ 2 and are parellls of childrell atleiidiiig pi'e-school. All trusteesltomtnitte¢ member5 havt to coillplete DBS checks before their election Can bc confirined. Rcscrve5 policy In liiic with Ilie reconiniendatioD£ of the Charity co￿￿nission. the Pre-sGhool ha5 a r¢s¢rve eqiiivalellt to ppruxiniattly four illoiiili's expeiises. Public betiefit Th¢ IrLlStt¢5 confinn they have rcferred 10 the Charity ComTlli5sion's guidancc on public benefit wh¢rt reviewing tlikn charily'g Aims, obj¢rtiv¢s and services and consider how thr rurr¢iil and any proposed 5¢TViC¢5 and facilit￿¢8 will contribute to them. Review of the year DuTing the last 12 months, the pre-school hd5 ¢njoy¢d alloiher active year a8 d¢stTibed in the chair persons r¢port, Southwater Village Ilall Pre Scliool REPORT OF THE CHAIRPERSON Year Ended 31 Augllst 2023 Wow, whBI a year il hns been. If yoii had #skcd Tne 12 month5 Hgo if I thought I would b¢ sianding in front of you today. I genuinely woiild have said nol Wlien l &ttendcd lh¢ AOM lysl year with iny11115baiid MArk, I was not exp¢¢ting tli¢ faiily dire situalion of that we were PiTsented wiih. Bui und¢r a f4ir bit of duress and with a desire to k¢¢p th¢ pre s¢hDoI Dp¢n and lh¢ SlalT¢mploycd, I took the role of Chairyerson. I WRS joiii¢d by what have liirned out to be an outst8ttdiDB Coininille¢ and l am so proud of us all. The first few i￿on1hS w¢re ro¢ky ￿ld l initially thought Jny role would be lo help th¢ pre school transition ihrough ¥ ¢lo$tng dow pro¢¢gh. W¢ had Iv d¢al with thE resignnlion of& long st8nding mArJag¢r, a lack of ihildren, poor repulatioTr, numerous slDffing 15sueb and ongoing finniicial diff1￿lItieS. Thin8s ¢eriaTnly looked bl¢akbul the real tumingpoint vms EJtyn8. W¢ quickly idenufled hcr 85 thc pcrfc¢t C8ndid4ic 10 tak¢ Dll Ihc Managcrrole saw Emma as an opportunity to nioyE foTwaid5 and tuin the pic school around. Since lier proinotion we have not ltsok¢d bark. Etntna ha5 been Iruly aniazing and lier love and passion for Iljis setting and tlie cliildreii is tsuly iiigpirational. we're stsre you will agree. Quite quickly tame th¢ pitsTDolioll of Hannah to Depiily. l ihink she may also hAv¢ f¢lt under som¢ duress bui il was v¢ryqui¢kly ppareni liow InRliy faiiiastie ideas sh¢ h&s and what in innovator she is. She has been and ¢onlinues to b¢ A hug¢ $uppon io Imma d shar¢s Ei)ma's passion hnd motivatioii lo inake the pie-school the besi li ¢an br. Thcr¢ is no denying that we ar¢ in a much better pla¢0 Ihan w¢ wet6 12 months a¥D, but therE have been sotnE tough times and Tnany. chllllenges. Being pail of th¢ coininilt¢¢ has ¢ertainly ¢ome with a lot mole responsibility Ihnn I hAd originally realised but il has also been hugely r¢wHrdin¥. This ¢ommiii¢e ha5 overcome some hu¥e hurdles and our vision movin8 forward is to brin8 the pr¢ gchool Inio the 21st ccnkniry and creale a staff led sysl¢m, so that Emma and Hannah have flexibility and autoTroiny. The conunittee will conliiiue support but focus on fundraising opportuniliys and Taising ttK)ney for of Hannah's idea51 Thi, ¥vnwiilt¥¢ i¥ ¢v¥[ ¢volving team. We haveput 11) R loi of groiind work tbis past year and hope Ihai inoving forward being paTI ofthe commiii¢o will bi. fun. ¢￿￿Ta￿vIn￿ and Thn opponunilyto give bllck io th¢ communiiy. Th¢ goal is io suppori Ih¢ staff i¢am and make tho pr¢-sehool th¢ 4bsoliiie besi it ¢Jii be. We really hope ihai ioniglii we will w¢l¢om¢ n¢w pareiits with nei¥ id¢as to th4p¢ th¢ fviu ol'the pir s¢hoE)l and mak¢ this S¢llin¥ ihe be5151art for our children. Sollthwater Village Hall Pre School REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES Year Ended 31 August 2023 To Liz, Phil, Caroline, Gemn]a. Mark and Jack, The tireless committee who havc thc pre-school's back. E proniiycd you a poem, and so he we are, As we mai'k one year's sei'vice, haven't w¢ come so far? What a year we have had, who thought we would be, Thriving at the AGM in November .23. We've laiighed, we've cried, we've nearly waLked out, But with us at the hclm the future was ncver in doubt. A new group of Children, Famly app and a shelter, We're up with the times and this year's been a belter. From the beginning of tlie year this committee were after, For tliis old village hall to be ringing with laughter. Bake sales, raffles and the local dog show, Fiindraising is our next target to help Ihc school grow. I hope you will join us full of ideas, To raise more money than we have done in years. The head ol a ¢ommillee that really does care. It has been an absolute privilegc to chair. If this was Champagne, a tO