
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 01/09/2020 Period start date   To 31/08/2021 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Over Puddleducks Pre-School** 

## **Charity registration number:1027556** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**Puddleducks is a committee run charity**<br>**organisation that provides pre school**<br>**education to the children of Over and**<br>**the surrounding areas. Children can**<br>**start Puddleducks from two years and**<br>**we support their development up to**<br>**primary school age.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Puddleducks is a member of the<br>Early Years Alliance (EYA). As such,<br>we have adopted the constitution of<br>the EYA and encourage all aspects of<br>development to give each child a<br>secure foundation on which to build<br>future learning, as well as to<br>contribute to the enjoyment of their<br>early childhood. Our aims at<br>Puddleducks are to provide: high<br>quality care and learning<br>opportunities by experienced and<br>qualified staff. A balanced<br>curriculum. A safe, stimulating and<br>welcoming environment. Equal<br>opportunities for all children. Clear<br>policies and procedures. The<br>opportunity for parents and carers<br>to be involved. The benefit is to<br>provide early year’s provision to the<br>local community, this includes<br>children who have SEND and are<br>most venerable children. we confirm<br>the trustees have regard to the<br>charities commission guidance on<br>public benefit,|





Statement confirming Para 1.18 whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|We continue to strive to increase the<br>number of children attending our<br>setting to improve the financial<br>sustainability.<br>We have been unable to complete<br>many fundraising events  have<br>completed a number of fundraising<br>events, open day’s advertisements in<br>local magazines and social media<br>during the year to ensure we are<br>raising the profile of the preschool.<br>These include the following:<br>Christmas Fayre and raffle, Nativity<br>raffle, A Casino night-charity<br>evening, Rock and roll bingo, Cake<br>stall at community picnic and fun<br>day, Halloween cake stall, Open day,<br>Social Media advertisements|





|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21||
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Pre School has a £20,000<br>reserve fund as part of a contingency<br>fund, this is to cover 3 months<br>running cost should the pre-school<br>experience financial difficulties and<br>is forced to close.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£20,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|<br>Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Incorporated Charity|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by the committee (made up<br>of existing trustees and elected at<br>the AGM)|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other||The preschool is run via a<br>Management Committee, however<br>the day to day running of the setting<br>is overseen by a Manger and Deputy<br>Manager. Puddleducks is run by an<br>elected committee of parents in<br>consultation with staff. Committee<br>members are all volunteers<br>responsible for reviewing policies,<br>procedures, practice, and for the<br>employment of staff. Parents and<br>carers are encouraged to join the<br>committee and attend the monthly<br>meetings. Every September the<br>committee holds its AGM which|





parents and carers are also encouraged to attend. This is when new members are elected to the committee. 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Over Puddleducks Preschool|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1027556|
|Charity’s principal address|Over Community Centre Drings Close Over,<br>Cambridgeshire, CB24 5NZ|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Claire Wilkins|Chair|||
||Joel<br>Summerfield|Secretary|||
||Charlie Bown|Joint Treasurer|||
||Laura Hoare|Joint Treasurer|||
||Carolyn Ward|Health and Safety|||
||TraveyReynolds|Fundraising|||
||Emma Baker|Preschool manager|||
||Charlotte Wright|Fundraising|||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||



**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||<br>Joel Summerfeld||
||<br>Secretary||
||<br>27/06/2022||
||<br>27/06/2022||






|**Charity Name**|||**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Over Puddleducks Pre-school**||||||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**<br>**from**|01/09/2020<br>Period start date|**To**|31/08/2021<br>Period end date|||



## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|<br>Fees Parents|**3,579**||**-**||**-**||**3,579**||**-**|
|Grants|**8,188**||**-**||**-**||**8,188**||**-**|
|EarlyYears fundinginc SEN|**40,986**||**-**||**-**||**40,986**||**-**|
|raffle|**40**||**-**||**-**||**40**||**-**|
|Christmasparties|**380**||**-**||**-**||**380**||**-**|
|Uniform|**227**||**-**||**-**||**227**||**-**|
|Childcare vouchers|**9,294**||**-**||**-**||**9,294**||**-**|
|Other|**175**||||||**175**|||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**62,869**||**-**||**-**||**62,869**||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
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|<br>Salaries|**47,765**||**-**||**-**||**47,765**||**-**|
|Paye/national insurance|**3,572**||**-**||**-**||**3,572**||**-**|
|Nestpensions|**2,420**||**-**||**-**||**2,420**||**-**|
|Essentials|**49**||||||**49**|||
|Rent|**4,054**||**-**||**-**||**4,054**||**-**|
|Courses and meetings|**620**||**-**||**-**||**620**||**-**|
|Staff Uniform|**13**||**-**||**-**||**13**||**-**|
|Admin Fees|**961**||**-**||**-**||**961**||**-**|
|Resources and equipment|**1,610**||**-**||**-**||**1,610**||**-**|
|other|**1,862**||**-**||**-**||**1,862**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**62,926**||**-**||**-**||**62,926**||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)<br>**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|1<br>Fundraising account<br>Current account<br>Savings account<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**4,608**<br>**11,848**<br>**25,007**<br>**41,463**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**4,608**|**-**|**-**|
|||**11,848**|**-**|**-**|
|||**25,007**|**-**|**-**|
|||**41,463**|**-**|27/06/2022<br>**-**|





|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))<br>**Details**|Agreement Error<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>JOEL SUMMERFIELD|OK|
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||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
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||||Date of approval|
|||JOEL SUMMERFIELD|27/06/2022|
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27/06/2022 

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