REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1029646 ## REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 FOR WOOLTON HILL PRE-SCHOOL WOOLTON HILL PRE-SCHOOL CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 WOOLTON HILL PRE-SCHOOL ## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020** The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2020. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practise (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” issued in March 2005. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** ## **Registered Charity Number:** 1029646 ## **Principal Address:** Church Hall Woolton Hill Newbury Berkshire RG20 9XF ## **Trustees:** Isabel Moss Secretary -appointed 8/10/15 -resigned 16/10/17 Chair -appointed 16/10/17 Garry Larcombe Treasurer -appointed 15/10/18 Lucy Rendall Secretary -appointed 16/10/17 Anna Campbell General -appointed 16/10/17 Hanna Whitbourn General -appointed 15/10/18 Nicola Login Pre-school Manager -appointed 01/09/18 ## **Independent Examiner** Croombs C.A. Ltd, Ilex House, The Green, Upper Clatford, Hants, SP11 7PS WOOLTON HILL PRE-SCHOOL ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing Document** The charity is controlled by constitution. ## **Organisational Structure** The trustees form the management team, with the day to day operations led by the pre-school manager. ## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** Woolton Hill Pre-School is primarily for children 2 to 4 years in Woolton Hill, and also offers a breakfast club for children up to 8 years old. The pre-school offers a friendly and warm environment encouraging children to learn through play using the Early Years Foundation Stage. We offer flexible term-time hours and are located in the Church Hall, which provides a safe, spacious environment in the centre of the village, adjacent to the village infant school, St Thomas'. ## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE** Starting numbers of children in the year 2019-20 were not particularly high but the Autumn term went well; in hindsight we were blissfully unaware of what 2020 would bring! The arrival of the Covid pandemic did not help matters regarding numbers of pre-schoolers. We faced a period of closure during the first lockdown but re-opened as soon as we were able. Whilst closed, staff kept in touch with families, creating home-learning packs and posting ideas and resources online. Once we were able to re-open, our annual programme of events was limited by the pandemic but the team worked hard to keep things running as close to normal for the pre-school children. Also owing to Covid, we were not able to continue external partnerships with Talking Tots and Debutots, but intend to resume when possible. The Church Hall committee arranged for the outdoor play surface to be re-surfaced and we contributed some funds towards it. We hope that in another 12 months things will have returned to normal. As ever, the staff are committed to making pre-school a happy and engaging environment for the children that attend. ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW Reserves policy** The committee have reviewed the guidance on setting a financial reserves policy (from CC19) & consider the following level of reserves to be prudent for the organisation at the current time: |One term’s running costs|£25 – 30,000| |---|---| |Winding up costs (redundancy etc)|£10 - £15,000| |Total reserves required|£35 – 45,000| To ensure the reserves are maintained a separate deposit account has been set up. Should the level of reserves rise above the amount indicated within this policy, the additional money and any interest that has been earned will be used to benefit the pre-school and the service that it offers to the parents and children. ## **ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE** **Isabel Moss Date: 15th October 2021** WO0￿0￿ Hill Pre-kh Statement of Finanual Adrvilies For the year ended 31 August 2020 Incoming Resources Pupll premlum 2YO HCC Earty Yvr¥ Qrant 191 10.279 46.350 12.5 62,364 23.116 H¢¢ Orarl irajme 777 331 Bank irrteresi Tot￿ A•strJrt• 73.851 Rèsourtas Pa 61.195 64230 10.OS7 Toys & Elw￿8￿ 2249 out6￿8 ¢la88•S 1.878 461 1274 Bad det4 875 3.773 ThhAf 919 78236 .951 4393 4,393 Fixed Assets Debtors Bank Account- Current Bank AccoLJnt- Deposlt Cash balances Prepayments Creditors.. amounts fallin8 due within one year Welfare Fund Other Pupil Premium 13.337 46,072 16,987 14441 IM41 1991 61.705 66.087 Funds of the Charity 61,705 66,087 CROOMBS 14C¢QUITAMT• R•port lo th• Irust•e8 I mwnb8rn ot Wodion Hill Pr&Schth)I On •¢c¢wnl• for lh• •nd•d 31Au usi 2020 harfty No. 1029646 R•sP￿tI¥• rMpon¥lbllltl•$ of tru4l•M and •Mmln The charity's Iruste8s are resp￿s1￿8 lor the FKyation ol accounts. Thg dwTiVs trustO8s C￿sid that an autht is nol r￿Ul1&y for this y8ar uThJer S￿.an 43121 of the Chariti8s ALt 1993 Ilh8 1993 N£tl and that an 1ndw￿t exarninaticffj is ne&*l. It is my respjnsib'lity lo.. ' examine the accounts LWKIW ￿￿'On 43 01 the 1993 NLI, . to lollsyw the procthjures laid down in tho gwal Charity C4mmi88lM lund 8eciion 4317llbl ol the 1993 kn. a￿1 • lo slate whether part￿L￿ar matters have como lo ffly attwjtK￿. Ba•1¥ of lThlynd•nl gumln•r'• •tstwn•nt My examination was carri&J out in accofdance wrth 9￿al [*r￿tiOnS given by the Charity Commission. An examination i￿ludeS a review of acwuntiTrJ T￿￿dS kw ty charity a compafi50n of tho accounts we$￿t￿l with those r￿(¢1$. It ￿80 i1￿ludeS considtratits) ol any unusual rttms or disclosures in the ac(x)unl8, a￿1 seeknNJ em￿ana1￿)n$ from the trustees c&)wThng any such matt8r8. The procedures urKlertaken (h) rnt k¥0￿￿8 all th& that wLKJld bg rwir•J in an a￿11, and con$￿U0n11Y r•) ￿iniOn ￿ giv9n as lo whether Ihg ￿nts prgwt a In￿ aThJ vi844 aThJ thg report Is limrt￿l to matt8rn S8t in th8 stat8rn￿I below. Ind•p•nd•nt •x•mln•r'• •tsl•m•nl In ￿nn￿lIon *ilh my trXAmiftation. no mattw has ¢crn to my 1. which givas ma reasonat4è causè to bdthiè that in, any Ma18n￿ r8Wt, thè rwrwn8nts.' + to k88p acewnhng r8con1s in aecordarté Mlh 41 of iha 1933 ki; aThJ + to pr8par8 accounts which *cord with the accountiNJ rwds aThJ compty th8 >xounkn"NJ iremonts of the 1993 have not ba￿ met., or 2. lo which, in my opinion, attention shwkj be drawn lo a woper undgr5t8rnling of Ihe accounts to be rgAchwJ. Daté Paul Ctoombs FCA For arKI on t￿hat[ of Cr(Kxnts CA Limil lkn House, Th8 Gr￿. aalFord. Harrts, SP11 7PS 05682518 A(klr85S Cornpany No. CROOMBS CMAR TIRID ACCOUMTAMTI ociion B Disclosure Only COM￿8t8 rf th8 examinw ne&J5 to hi￿1￿1 rnat￿al GSve here brief details ol any rtems thal the examiner wishes to di8c108e.