## **Butercross Preschool AGM Tuesday 21[st] October 2025** Hello and welcome to the Buttercross Preschool AGM. Well this is my third AGM and I’m happy to say I’ve survived another year as chair of the committee!As always now is a great time to offer this opportunity to the rest of the committee, would anyone like to give the job a go? I can confidently say we’ve had another successful year and our position remains strong. Numbers are much improved and we have finally recruited to fill our vacancy, welcome Holly, we all know her but now she is also an official preschool lady aswell as our accounts manager. Now is a great time to thank committee members for your commitment and ideas to our fundraising and supporting me throughout this past year. I think it’s safe to say morale is very high currently and we’ve had a very positive start to the new year. Thanks as always to our lovely preschool ladies who are the foundation of Buttercross! We wouldn’t be here with you all! In terms of expenditure we have had to spend a little bit this year on a few maintenance projects and are mindful of the current situation with the boiler. I talked about starting to spend some profits in last years AGM and I’m pleased to say this has started to happen and you can see lots of new things in and around preschool. Following this meeting we will have a quick look at the fundraising plan for this year, hopefully continuing to beat our total as we have year on year so far! We need to be mindful that an Ofsted inspection is likely in the near future. As always we hope to increase our committee and complete the odious task of getting the DBS process complete, we plan to hold a separate meeting in order to support the application process and we have purchased a user guide to hopefully make this process as easy as possible. It’s very important that people are completing the process to become an official committee member otherwise you don’t actually get a vote of important matters and preschool cannot run without the minimum required committee members. Something else I would like to make the committee aware of is a proposition from the Infant school to amalgamate and become one. Tracey and I have had many discussions and taken legal advice on the best way to proceed and we feel at this time IT IS NOT in the best interest of Buttercross to become part of the Nova trust. We are in a strong financial position currently and in control of our future. The process in order to join Nova for us is a long and complex one, we have to act in the best interest of Buttercross and we don’t feel this would benefit the children or the staff in any way. Feel free to ask me any questions in relation to this matter and I will try and answer as best as I can although we don’t actually have the finite detail. My targets for next year are - Increase committee membership - Increase profits from fundraising - Support and retain our staff - Support staff in preparation for ofsted Thanks for coming, as always I’m here to help and support both staff and the committee. ||1027894
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Total funds||Last year|| ||to the nearest £
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to the nearest £||to the nearest £|| |A1 Receipts||||| |Fees & Grants
171 131
171 131
129 975
Uniforms
318
318
282
Fundraising
2 791
2 791
3 893
Other
3 338
3 338
2 465
Bank interest
2 478
2 478
2 385
_Sub total(Gross income for AR)_
180 056
180 056
138 999
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_Total receipts_ 180 056
180 056
138 999
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136 572
136 572
122 232
Premises costs
5 607
5 607
5 039
General runningcosts
7 940
7 940
8 492
Materials,consumables,equipment
6 855
6 855
4 991
Subscriptions
2 351
2 351
1 618
Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 438
1 438
1 627
_Sub total_ 160 763
160 763
143 998
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160 763
143 998
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19 292||- 4 999|| |A5 Transfers between funds|||-|-| |A6 Cash funds last year end|203 450
203 450||208 449|| |_Cash funds this year end_|222 742
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approval| |||||| |||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2 Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Buttercross Pre-school On accounts for the year ended 31st March 2025 Charity no (if any) 1027894 Set out on pages {re￿Mb￿r lo include* thes pBgo numbers gf addrtional $hp8151 Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner 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 Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examiner's statement 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 Pro￿dureS 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 present a 'true and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention examiner's statement (other than that disclosed below '} 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. and 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. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 0810112026 Name: Sally Ashmore Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): ACCA IER March 2012 Address: Ashmore & McGill CCA Ltd 1 Fisher Lane, Bingham, Nottingham, NG13 8BQ Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. IER March 2012 Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER March 2012