•AANOR ROAO PRE- sc oo. Minutes from Manor Road Pre School AGM Frida 23rd Janua 2026 At 12.30 Staff Attendees Zoe WoodToofe, Chris Millins, Kelly Watson, Cathy Davis, Sophie Moon, Beth Ruffell Committee Attendees lola Cameron, Gemtna Hals, Sophia Brothers, Olivia James, Jemma Parris, Claire HaLTiSOn, CaToline Mays, Sdfdh Cldy Apologies Sophie Wolfenden-williams Managers Report This AGM covers the school year from September 2024 to July 2025. 17 children left us at the end of thc summcr tcmi and we had a good intake of children in September. We had space for new children for intakes in January and April. We started the new school year looking at topics such as safety, road safety, emergency services, seasons, planling bulbs and seeds and did an 'all about me, theme. The cliildren really enjoy these topics and respond wcll to thLm. We also did our first fundraising ¢vent which was a sponsored walk. April l st (financial year) or September I 51 (academic year} the hourly Tate for non funded children went up froin £8.50 to £9.00 this i5 due to the raise in national livingJ wagJe and national insurance contributions. This hourly Late is for our non funded children and will apply to any extra hours our funded children have in addition to their government funded entitlement hours. We will have to look at tliis every September. Cost of resources also went up. It was announced by the Department of Education that from September 2025 all EYFS settings will need to appoint a member of staff to becoine a Sustainability Lead and put in place a Climate Action Plan. We actioned this and also completed a sustainability aiidit. We put in place a water butt and Beth inade a recycling monster. Long tem] t"undraising will help to buy a shed. Sophi¢ ¢oinplet¢d li¢r Lev¢1 3 childcare qualification and gained a Diqtinction. Kar¢n r¢tired at th¢ end of the summer tenn so we started looking for a new member of staff. We were fortunate to fjnd a parcnt ivith cxpcricncc with working in a sctting and SEN cxpcricncc. Wc wclcomc Bcth Ruffcll to our team starting September 2025. Beth will work towards gaining her Level 3 qualification.
Lastly, we have been discussing changing Manor Road Preschool to a CIO, Charitable Incory)orated Organisation. Infonnation has been sent through to our committee members and staff and we will discuss this furthcr with you all and takc a votc on whcthcr wc do this. Thank you to all who have attended and for your continued support, what we do wouldn't be possible without you. Income and Expenditure We purchased a new ipad as the old one was no longer compatible. We purchased a new landline phone and broadband provider as mobile signal was leible. Additional staff cover has gon¢ down as we no longcr have Emily. Genuna is looking at a digital package for book keeping All people who att¢nded the AGM wh¢r¢ giv¢n a copy of th¢ Income and Expenditure which wer¢ proposed by Sophia Brothers and seconded by Olivia James. Chairperson Report Thank you to staff and parents for their continu¢d support. W¢ enjoy doing fundraising as it brings a real sense of coinmunity support and brings the parents together. It was a good year for fundraising, events included a pub quiz, raffle, bake sales. ice cream sales, pancake flip, sponsored walk and book swap. The children really enjoyed being part of all these events. For the Spring tem) we are looking at doing a Val¢ntin¢ bak¢ sal¢, pancake flip, pub quiz, Easter bake sale, l 00 square, bingo, raffle and a sponsored sport event (tbc). AOB Zoe Woodroofe will be taking over the nominated person role on the Committee from March 2026 with Chris Millins stepping down from this rol¢ on th¢ cominitt¢¢ fri)m March 2026. Propos¢d by Iola Cameron, seconded by Caroline Mays Committee will do further research into becoming a CIO. The cost of this is £2000. Also we would iieed to change to a digital accouiits package and have l year of digical books to be able to change to aCIO. No new committee Members were voted on apart from Zoe Woodroofe which was proposed and seconded earlier in the meeting. AGM meeting ended at 1.30pm
MANOR ROAD PRE-SCHOOL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
Y/E 31/08/25
| Balance brought forward INCOME: Fees/KCCfunding/Grants Fundraising/Commissions/Donations Collaberation/Other Settings EXPENSES: Wages: Rent: Goods for the children: Cookery, craft items, new toys etc Consumable goods: Cleaning items, toiletries, wipes etc Stationery: Ink cartridges, postage, registers, paper etc Food and drink: Miscellaneous: New equipment, Christmas presents, gifts etc: New Ipad Additional staff cover: Audit costs, Ofsted registration, membership renewals: Mobile/Broadband: Insurance: Net increase in funds Balance carried forward |
£ 134,641 3009 640 138,290 97,387 4,800 1907 1058 334 1443 680 249 14617 629 640 992 124,726 13,564 |
£1,670 £15,234 |
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Indopendent examinerfs roport on the accounts Section A Independeni Exaniitier s Report /A A/oK Fks- SCI Charlty no Ill 4ny) /0293s4L On accounts for thg Re•ponslbllltles and As the chaiity trustees of Tnt, you are responsib for the preparatr)n bas1$ of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of Ihe Charilies Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I report in resFed of my examination of the Twsfs accounts carTied out under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carying oth my examination. I have follMd the applicable Direclions given by the Charity COMM) r secllon 145(5Xbl of the Acl. dep•ndont I have completed my examination. l o)nfrn Ihat no material matters have •xamlnetrs slatwnent c¥)me to nry allen1k (Lther than that di8clos•J b8k)w in Inned10n wilh the examination vthich gives me Cause to b81ieve that in. any matenal accounting records were not kept in accordance with seciK)n 130 ca theAdor I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drM in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be read)ed. ' Please delete the woftls in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Dat•: Name: qualiThcotion($) or body (If any): Lv£*e UvbS()f IER Octobor 2018