Snettisham Bobtails Pre-school
Annual Report
To 31st August 2021
Signed on behalf of the Trustees by:
Danielle Rodrigues, Chairperson
Date 14-aa-a

The Committee presents this report with the financial statements of the Pre-school for the
year ending 31S1 August 2021.
Incor
oratlon and Constitution
Snettisham Bobtails Pre-school is a registered charty (No 1029400}. The Pre-school's
current constitution was formally adopted from the Pre-school learnin8 Alliance module
2011 and is dated 24109/2014.
Prfncl le Artlvl
and ob
ert ofthe Charf
The Principle activity and object of the charity. in the period under review. was to advance
the education of the children below the compulsory school age. Sessions run for 3 hours in
the mornin8 and the afternoons, totalling 29 hours a week, term time, where qualified and
friendly staff provide stimulating and creative play, which takes place in a fun and secure
environment. We look upon the pre-school as the first stepping-stone to school and school
Ilfe.
Beneflts to the Communl
Snettisham Bobtails Pre-school has been education and benefitting the community of
Snettisham for the last 40 years and registered with Otsted in 1992- receiving a GOOD
rating again in our latest inspection- December 2019. We welcome chlldren in the local
community from every back8round.
Our work wlth children from 2 years to school age means we help children learn and
develop important social skills such as turn takin& stayin8 safe. communication and
langua8e development, teamwork and conflict resolution. All these skills enable our children
to be a responsible member of their local community.
Our work means we work closely with the village primary school, Hunstanton Peer Support
Group. This work Is of benefit to our children to prepare them for startin8 school by visitin8
the reception class within the Snettisham Primary School.
The work we do with the chlldren In our care is of 8reat benefrt to thè wlder community as
our staff are a source of Information and expert knowledge on many asperts of childcare
and we impart this knowledge to our families.
Chair
rsons re
ort- Danielle Rodrl
ues
At the beginning of September 2020 and still during the pandemic, we had 20 children with
us even though we were unable to invite new parents into setting to look around. Numbers
on the register rose in January to 23 and rose again to 25 at Easter.
This year again has been dominated by the Covid-19 Pandemic with vulnerable staff not
being able to work in setting and in January 2021 the country was in lockdown until early
March. Bobtails was open for keyworker children with only 2 members of staff being able to
work. Parents began to send their children back in March.

At Easter we revamped the outside space, creating a construction area and mud kitchen
area. In July and August 2021 we revamped the indoor area, upgrading furniture and areas
to coincide with the new EYFS which was being implemented into settingfrom September
2021.
The committee again was difficult to recruit and hold onto so it was decided to approach
the WNAT/School for assistance. Talks took place in the hope that the Trust would take over
the management of Bobtails but after discussions it was decided that tt was not viable for
the Trust but they would set up a Service Agreement with us to help with management
issues and would continue to support us. The current commrttee agreed to continue thelr
role5 Wlth this support.
Numbers for September 2021 are looking healthy and we are lookingforward to a year with
less interruption and restrictions. Again on behalf of the committee I would like to thank all
Bobtails staff for their hard work and commitment in this difficult year.
Treasurerfs Re
ort- Eunice Denton
The treasurer's role is undertaken as part of the administrative work and presented to
committee at each meeting for approval. The yearly accounts are attached to this AR.
The bank account balances at end of August 2021 were £14,761,92 and £240.37
Children number5 were good again thls year with 20 children startlng Sn the September 2020
term, wlth an even spllt of 2-year-olds and 34-year-olds. Numbers Increased in January to
23. Then at Easter numbers Increased to 25. Even though we were open with less children,
NCC continued to pay funding so that we did not have to furlough all staff in this time. Fee
paying children that did not attend did not did not pay. Monies were transferred {agreed bv
commltteel from the deposit account for all the new equipment which was purchased to
coincide wlth the new EYFS Framework that commenced in September 2021.
The first time we have had to take a parent to small claims court for unpaid fees. Thls
resulted in not only the unpaid fees but also Court cost of £50 but unfortunately we were
unable to recover the unpaid fees.
Fundralsln
Re
ort
Our pre-school is run by a management committee made up of parent volunteers. This is
another way in which we benefrt the community as we provide our parents with the
opportunity to contribute to the development and running of our pr&school through this
voluntary work. An important aspect of the committee's work is in fundraisin8 for the pre-
school but again due to COVID restrictions we had been unable to fundraise through the
whole year. Fundraising was restricted mainly to online contributions.
West Norfolk Wins lotto
£313.(M)
Amazon Smile commission
£22.80

Trustees
Trustees for the Chartty are elected each year at the Annual General Meeting and are known as'the
Committee,. Candidates are proposed and seconded by the AGM attendee5-. election 15 by a show of
hands. Trustees for the year 202012021 were-
All trustees became effective following the AGM dated 26 April 2021- all trustees were re elected
for another year.
Danielle Rodrigues
Louise Szewezuk-Tetther
Corri Houliston
Carrie Sharman
Chairperson
Vice Chair
Secretary
Treasurer (supported by EDenton, Admlnl
Committee Members
Hannah Bateson
Kirsty Stokes
Cheryl Rumens
Rebecca Chilvers
Staff
Staff employed by the Charity durin8 the past year are detailed below:
Andrea Bolderstone
Supervisor, Prdctitioner (level 31
Angela Giles
Superrfisor, Practitioner (Level 31
Emily Pooley
Prartiiioner (Level 51 left Mid-march 2020. re-joined end of March
2020
Lucy Payne
Practitioner (Level 31
Kir5ty Skoyles
Prartitioner ILevel 21 joined mid-march 2020
Eunice Denton
Administratlon
Im
roveme
Buslness Plan for Z02
22
Ensure financial stability for the Pr*School in uncertoin times due to COVID-1g Pandemk
Continue to improve on the mana8ement Committee by enrolling new active members.
Continue the good relationship with the Snettisham School and the Academv.
Continue to improve Pre-school resour￿5 we provide for the child￿n, thelr famllles and the
community.
To build on relationships with parents and their invofvement in their children's learning and
development.
Unaudited Financial Ststements
The unaudited financial statements for the year ending 31gl August 2021 fomi part of this report and
are attached to the end of it.
The funds held by Snettisham Bobtails Pre-school fall into two accounts:

Unrestricted Funds= to cover staff wages. rent. supplies which the Pre-school could not operate
without. Income levels vary durin8 the year, but expenditure levels remain relatively constant
throughout.
Designated Funds: Thls fund is set up in case offsetting improvements, redundancy, rent increases
and unforeseen circumstances. Funds have been taken from the unrestrirted fiJnd5 if and when
surplus ha5 been available. This fund was set up on the recommendation of the Norfolk County
Council.

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Profit and loss account for the
Se t 2020- end of
Au
8t 2021
endln 31 A
st 2021
ear
Income
Vouchers
Fees
Lunch club
Fundraising
Milk
Photos
Uniform
Other (furlough, rent refund,
training reimbursement, deposit
account transfer)
46,975.20
7,832.30
734.00
335.80
117.81
187.00
7,000.00
Total
£63 182.11
Ex
endlture
Wages
Rent
Insurance/Memberships
Photos
Stationary/Art
PAYE/Accounting fees
Books
Fundraising
Equipment
Advertising
Cleaning
Tra nsfers
Uniform (children)
Uniform (staffl
Petty Cash
Training
Other {plumber. skip, garden revamp.
court fees
49,692.21
4,590.00
523.24
989.09
219.58
62.24
6,212.66
674.37
445.00
389.70
720.00
85.20
783.34
Total
£65 386.63
Profit
loss
£-2 204.52