Snettisham Bobtails Pre-school Annual Report To 315t August 2025 Signed on behalf of the Trustees by: Danielle Rodrigues, Chairperson Date 2f- 4--2
The Committee presents this report with the financial statements of the Pre-school for the year ending 31, August 2025. Incor oration and Constitution Snettisham Bobtails Pre-school is a registered charity INO 10294001. The Pre-school's current constitution was formally adopted from the Pre-school learning Alliance module 2011 and is dated 2410912014. Princi le Activit and ob.ect of the Charit 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 morning 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 life. Beneflts to the Communlt Snettisham Bobtai15 Pre-school has been education and benefitting the community of Snettisham for the last 40 year5 and registered with Ofsted in 1992- receiving a GOOD rating again in our latest inspection - July 2025. We welcome children in the local community from every background. Our work with children from 2 years to school age means we help children learn and develop important social skills such as turn taking, staying safe, communication and language 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 starting school by visiting the reception class within the Snettisham Primary School. The work we do with the children in our care Is of great benefit to the wlder communlty as our staff are a source of information and expert knowledge on many aspects of childcare and we impart this knowledge to our families. Chair ersons re ort- Danielle Rodri ues At the beginning of September 2024. we had 17 children start with us. Numbers on the register grew and in January rose to 21 and rose again to 23 at Easter. This year we were very lucky to receive two donations from The Snettisham Cricket Club in partnership with The Queen Victoria Public House and The Snettisham Wl. The Cricket Club and Queen Vic paid for our new mud kitchen in the garden. They even came and put it together for us. A huge thank you goes to them. Also the Wl was closing its group in the village and we were one of many that received a donation- we purchased a new sofa for our reading corner so that the practitioners and the children can sit and read on a lovely comfortable sofa. Again thank you.
The four permanent EY practitioners continued to cover all sessions. Our newest member of staff started a SENCO course to add to her training. All staff continued to update and renew training as required. We had two students from the local high school for a week's work experience-they both were really good with the children and we hope they decide to progress their studies with a view to join the profession in the future. The committee again was difficult to recruit SO the current committee agreed to continue their roles with our continuing support from the school academy. Meetings were continuing online and via group chat. New parents looking for child places are using the website. and this continues to be a good information point for contart to Bobtails. In July we had our inspection from Otsted. The result was a GOOD rating. A big thank you to all the staff and the children on the day for showing Ofsted what a great place Bobtails is. The Friends of Snettisham School Iwhich included some of our parentsl organised a yard sale in the village and Bobtails received a donation. Again thanks to all those that took part. Numbers for September 2025 are looking healthy, and we are looking forward to the year ahead. Again, on behalf of the committee I would like to thank all Bobtails staff for their hard work and commitment in another year at Bobtails. Treasurer's Re ort- Eunlce 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 2025 were £25.265.87 and £10,345.64. Children numbers were good this year with 17 children on the role in the September 2024 term, with 9 x 2-year-olds and 8 x 3-4-year-olds. Fees rose to £5.50 an hour for fee paying children as agreed by committee last year. Again this was still low compared to funded children and to other providers in the area. Numbers started to rise in January to 21. Then at Easter numbers increased to 24. Cost5 for insurance have increased this year, we have another member of staff on the pension scheme and employer Nl contributions have also risen but fortunately, the funding rate increased which covered most children and more children stayed over the lunchtime period which gave us extra revenue. Fundraisin Re ort Our pre-school is run by a management committee made up of parent volunteers. This is another way in which we benefit the community as we provide our parents with the opportunity to contribute to the development and running of our pre-school through this voluntary work. An important aspect of the committee's work is in fundraising for the pre- school but Fundraising this year has come from local donations.
West Norfolk Wins lotto £233.50 Snettisham Cricket Club £879.00 Snettlsham Wl £500.00 Yard Sale ISnettish3m School) £148.50 Misc £ 5.00 Total £1,766.00 Trustees Trustees for the Charity are elected each year at the Annual General Meeting and are known a5 'the Committee, Candidates are proposed and seconded by the AGM attendees.. election is by a show of hands. Trtjstees for the year 202412025 were: All trustees became effective following the AGM dated April 2025- all trustees were re-elected for another year. Danielle Rodrigues Rebecca Chilvers Cheryl Rumens Chairperson Secretary Treasurer (supported by EDenton, Admin) Committee Members Clare Mann Kirsty Stokes Caitlin Parsons Staff Staff employed by the Charity durin8 the past year are detailed below.. Lucy Payne Supervisor, Practitioner (level 31 Andrea Bolderstone Practitioner (Level 31 Kirsty Skoyles Practitioner (Level 31 Sara Barker Practitioner (Level 31 Eunice Denton Administrator Im rovements Bu5ine55 Plan for 2025 26 Ensure financial stability for the Pre-school Continue to improve on the management committee by enrolling new active members. Change Manager role las advised by Ofstedl to the Supervisor and appoint a member of staff to be Deputy. Continue the good relationship with the Snettisham School and the Academy. Continue to improve Pre-school resources we provide for the children, their families and the community. To build on relationships with parents and their involvement in their children's learnin8 and development.
Unaudlted Flnanclal Statements The unaudited financlal statements for the year ending 31" August 2025 form 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 during the year, bLSt expenditure levels remaln relatively constant throughout. Designated Funds: This fund is set up in case offsetting improvements, redundancy, rent increases and unforeseen circumstances. Funds have been taken from the unrestricted funds if and when surplus has been available. This fund wa5 Set up on the recommendation of the Norfolk County Council.
Proflt and loss account for the st 2025 endin 31Au st 2025 ear t 2024- end of Income Vouchers Fees Lunch club Fundraising Milk Photos Uniform Other Expansion Grant 70,159.13 8920.55 1174,75 1766.00 83.45 309.50 255.89 1,074.00 Total £83 743.27 endlture Wages Rent Insurance/Memberships Photos Stationary/Art PAYE/Accounting fees Books Fundraising Equipment Advertising Cleaning Transfers Uniform (children) Uniform Istaffl Petty Cash Training Other (skip hire) 60,593.77 5,130.00 865.25 912.25 144.00 103.70 23.00 2,528.41 531.30 4,000.00 353.91 64.80 980.00 76.00 240.00 Total Prof it £76.546.39 £7 196,88 loss Eook.k Cncli
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