CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examine￿5 Report Report to the trusteesl members of NUTLEY PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP On accounts for the year ended 31 AUGUST 2023 Charity no (if any) 1028830 Set out on pages 3and4 cerYv#tr¥ to indu4E itie Daoe 4utnbers Df addrtkJiF?1 shocr£ I report to the twstees on my examination of the accounts of the above charlty (Yhe Trust") for the year ended 31 AUGUST 2023. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation oflhe accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {Ihe 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 I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any malerial respect.. the accounting records were not keo in accordan￿ wrth section 130 of the Charrties Act., or the accounts do not accord wrth the accounting records., or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the form and conlent of accounts sel out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 olher than any requiremen that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in conneclio wrth the examinalion to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 2/10/2 Name: Polly Cosham Relevant professional qualification{s) or body {if anyl- Accountant Address: Havenho. High Street Nutley. Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 3NW IER Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charty accounts". directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose_ NONE IER CHARITY CONIMISSION Foli ENGIANO ANO WALES NitrLEY PRE SCHOOL PLAYGROUP 1028830 Recei ts and pa ments accounts CC16a For the perfjod trom 1st Sept 2022 31 Aug 2023 Section A Receipts and payments UnTrsth¢ted funds Endowment funds lunds to neare5t£ totho Total funds Last year to nearest£ tothe nearest£ Al Recei t5 Education Grant Fees Fund Raisin Donations Othei Income 41.017 22.712 1,B75 1,203 41.017 22.712 1,875 1.203 5.000 42.080 17,S09 3,432 42 250 tota IDSS Income or AR) T1.￿7 71.007 63,313 se an See table nweslmetrt sa tota 71.807 71.807 63,31 A3Pa ments Staff Costs Fund Raisin Hall REntal ST,￿7 1.010 8.952 890 57,771 1,010 8,952 50,144 1,141 7,013 Equipment Tutois MISC Trainiw Garden MaintenarKe Refreshments 57S 1,800 1.244 518 734 1.140 S99 941 97a 9S7 978 957 76Q 295 738 S01 AdVe[b￿n9 Craft stab.orwy 295 247 247 120 Sub total 75.ogs 75,095 65.792 A4 Asset and Investment Sub totsl 75.095 75,095 65,792 Net of rec•ipts/(payments) A5 Transfers tse￿leen fund5 A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 3.288 3,288 2.47 23.498 20.210 23,498 20.210 25,9 23.49 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted fund5 to nearest£ Restrbcte funds to i)03ts8if Endowment funds to nearest£ Lategones B1 Cash funds Cash at Xl.210 Total cash fun(ts 20.210 Unrestricted funds ReStrI￿¢d fund¥ to nearest £ Endowm8nt fund5 to nearest £ e&ails t¢* nÈarÈ8tÈ B2 Other monetary assets FurKI tOYNhKh Cuvrentvaluo iional Dei4liS t¢)￿ loptionall FutKI tOTwhi¢h a88Èt tr*lort Details C￿1 lopUonal cu￿￿nIval￿• B4 Assgts retained for the ¢harlty's own use Fund towhich Alloulltdue nal Ylhon due Jei3.-is B5 Liabillties sIgr￿ by one or two trustee5 on beha￿Of all the trustEes Print Name Date of roval Signatute MARTIN cR￿G BAACA ## **Nutley Preschool Playgroup AGM 19th October 2023** ## **Time start:** 8pm **Present:** Maxine Phair, Jess Feakins, Jenny Dyer, Sophie Scandrett, Pippa Parkes, Martin Craig, Jade Cafferkey, Polly Cosham, Liz Mitchell, Amy, Emily **Apologies:** Emma Fletcher, Laura Gifford, Jess Feakins ## **Thank you** - To outgoing committee members, gift provided ## **Approval of previous AGM minutes from last October:** Yes ## **Chairpersons report including Trustees report:** As members of the Preschool Management Committee the following people were all Trustees of the Charity (1028830) From October 2022 until now. - Chair – Maxine Phair - Secretary – Sophie Scandrett (stepping down) - Treasurer - Martin Craig (stepping down) Other committee members that have served voluntarily throughout the past year are: - Liz Mitchell - Laura Gifford - Sophie Scandrett (stepping down) - Amy-Lynn Ferguson - Pippa Parkes (stepping down) - Emma Fletcher - Jessica Feakins - Clare Coles (Stepping down) Stepping down off the committee at this meeting will be Pippa Parkes, Sophie Scandrett and Clare Coles. ## **Staff Details:** In the academic year of 2022 -23 we have had the following staff members: - Manager & SENCO – Jessica Wright (Maternity Leave) - Maternity Cover Manager & SENCO – Gemma Warner - Deputy Manager – Jenny Dyer - Preschool Assistant – Georgia Waite - Preschool Assistant - Lisa Bills - Preschool Assistant - Louise McLeary (starting the year as bank staff and moving to employed on 18[th] October 2022) - Preschool Assistant – Kym Howarth - Bank Staff – Wendy Breeze - Bank Staff – Karen Evans At the start of the academic year 2023-24 we have the following staff: - Manager & SENCO – Jessica Wright (returned from Maternity Leave) - Deputy Manager – Jenny Dyer - Preschool Assistant – Georgia Waite - Preschool Assistant - Lisa Bills - Preschool Assistant – Kym Howarth - Preschool Assistant – Louise Mcleary - Bank Staff – Wendy Breeze - Bank Staff – Karen Evans ## **Overview/Past Year Review:** We started the academic year 2022-23 with 18 children and finished with 28 children on the register, 11 of which were rising 5’s which is such a great achievement. The staff have worked tirelessly over the last year to continue to make sure that the Preschool has run smoothly and been accommodating for all the children. We have continued to open for 30 hours per week, to all families, including all funding options and we are a member of the tax-free childcare government scheme. Music Bus and Tiny Tekkers have both continued this year, and they continue to be enjoyed by the children, we have made a change to the payment of this now being non optional for parents. We had good success with the events we have managed to run this year, the Christmas market of 2022 was very successful, and also our easter egg hunt and our stall at the Nutley Village Fete. I would like to add a huge thank you to everyone who came along and supported all events and also those who helped on the day. We are excited for our upcoming events this year; our Christmas market and the children’s Christmas play and party. For this academic year, we started with 19 children on the register, and we have already had a number of new enquiries and new starters. The on-going aim is to have 30 children on the register by the summer term with a minimum of 6 hours each. We have a couple of new committee members joining us this month and we look forward to welcoming them onto the team. We are also saying goodbye to two members of the committee, Pippa and Sophie. A huge thank you to you both for your hard work and dedication to preschool. We are also seeing our Treasurer of 3 years Martin, step into the role of deputy treasurer to make way and support Polly who is stepping into the role of Treasurer, a massive thank you to Martin for your amazing work and for all you have done for preschool. Finally, on behalf of the preschool and personally, I would like to thank all the committee, the staff and parents for their continued hard work to ensure Nutley preschool is a wonderful setting to be a part of and a growing asset to our community. ## Voting people onto the committee: - Jade Cafferkey – New member - DBS check to be processed - Alice Lindley – New member - DBS check to be processed - Liz Mitchell – Existing committee member - Laura Gifford – Existing committee member - Emma Fletcher – Existing committee member - Jess Feakins - Existing committee member - Amy-Lynn Ferguson – role of Secretary also a trustee - Martin Craig – role of Deputy Treasurer - Polly Cosham – role of Treasurer also a trustee - Maxine Phair – role of Chair ## **Treasurer update:** - 3rd year in a row we have made a loss; recorded loss for this year £3288 however the real loss for the year is £5400 (multifactorial) - Government funding model is key issue - we know we are underfunded - Salary bill up by 10% vs increase in funded hours of 6.5% so mismatch ongoing - Higher head count on average for year just ended - 23 vs 20 previous year - however as previously outlined, on average these children were doing less hours - We are tackling that now with having a minimum session requirement - £30 per month hall increase this year - Well done to all to achieve this loss - ongoing challenges ## **Meeting close:** 9pm