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2025-07-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 08 2024 To 31 07 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Broughton Pre School Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1031324

Charity's principal address Conker Lodge (Broughton Primary School) School Lane, Broughton Hampshire Postcode SO20 8AN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Isabel Birrell Chair
Katie Carpenter Treasurer
EmilyPipe Fundraiser
Faye McKay Fundraiser
Abigail Jones Fundraiser
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Early Years Learning Alliance Constitution Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution) Trustees/Committee How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Selection of repeat volunteers based upon voting by committee members Trustee selection methods and minuted in AGMs. (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

All new committee members are subject to a DBS check and must be registered prior to commencement of any charitable activity or responsibilities.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objective of the charity is to provide high quality early years education and childcare for local children between the ages of 2 to 4 years old. Alongside the provision of childcare, the charity focuses on development of children to equip them with the physical, mental and emotional skills required to start their primary school education.

The preschool is run in a safe, clean and well resourced environment where children are given the opportunity to participate in a wide range of

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fun and educational activities which promote all areas of development and learning. Learning is encouraged through play and activities which are designed and planned around the children’s interests, aiming to support and extend their learning. Guidance on determining and planning these activities are taken from the relevant professional frameworks and are recorded using our online platform, Tapestry. Play and activities are designed to develop numeracy, literacy, social and motor skills as set out in the curriculum. Activities can take the form of baking, planting seeds, puzzles, stories and song time to watching development of caterpillars and tadpoles to one to one numeracy lessons and outdoor play on our varied equipment including balance bikes, a mud kitchen and climbing equipment. To compliment and leverage the benefit of our various activities, each Summary of the main activities child is assigned a key worker who is responsible for their care, mental, undertaken for the public health and development, which is recorded in our Tapestry portal. benefit in relation to these Tapestry is available to parents enabling them to be kept informed with the objects (include within this activities, behaviour and achievements of their child, alongside section the statutory assessments and an annual report. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance The preschool has numerous policies and procedures in place that are issued by the Charity compliant with the Statutory Framework for The Early Years Foundation Commission on public benefit) Stage. Inductions on these policies and procedures are given to any new staff members when employment commences. Broughton preschool supports the local public by providing excellent quality ‘competitively priced’ childcare and education as it does not cap nor discriminate against the number of government funded children who attend, despite the financial implications of this. To enable the charity to operate as a going concern and keep fees low, several varied fundraising events are run by the committee and volunteers on an annual basis. To this extent, the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main As with many charities, the current economic climate and the continued achievements of the charity rise in the cost of living have placed significant financial pressure on the during the year Pre-School. Total income for the year was £118,000, while total expenditure was £110,000 leaving a positive balance of £8,000. Given the continued rise in costs and staff wages—without a corresponding uplift in the early years funding rate—this year's financial result still reflects a steady and positive outcome. It is a testament to the hard work of our fundraising team and the generosity of parents and the local community. Without their ongoing support and commitment, the Pre-School would not be able to continue operating as a going concern. This highlights our ongoing commitment to professional development and our contribution to the wider local community. Throughout the period, staff maintained a high standard of service, building strong relationships with new families. This quality of care is reflected in the increasing number of children attending, with the final term of the year reaching full capacity and a growing waiting list. Management and staff also remained diligent in keeping up with academic and legislative requirements, undertaking training in areas such as first aid and safeguarding. In summary, 2024–2025 has been a stable and productive year. The PreSchool has continued to operate to a high standard and remains financially stable, despite ongoing pressures and future challenges. We are proud to continue serving the local community with safe, reliable, and high-quality childcare, as evidenced by the sustained demand for places.

Section E Financial review

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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Sufficient funds are held to cover closure or unforeseen event costs such as redundancy or loss of income. Access to these funds is restricted and are held separately from the preschools working capital.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

The charity’s principal sources of funds are from fees, government early years education funding, fundraising and donations.

Expenditure over £200 is pre-approved by the committee after a request is submitted by the pre school manager. This request will include a description and reason/justification of the expenditure, this is assessed giving consideration to the objectives of the charity alongside it’s current and future financial position.

Broughton Preschool is currently in a sound financial position and is able to continue operating as a going concern. The biggest risk facing the preschool is a significant drop in government funding or a drop in uptake of childcare positions. This risk is partly managed through the conscious maintenance of our strong reputation in the local community and advertising through local mediums.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Katie Carpenter
Isabel Birrell
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
etc)
Treasurer
Chairperson
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15/05/2026		 Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Katie Carpenter
Isabel Birrell
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
etc)
Treasurer
Chairperson
Date
15/05/2026		 Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Katie Carpenter
Isabel Birrell
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
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Treasurer
Chairperson
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15/05/2026
Treasurer Chairperson
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Broughton Pre School Broughton Pre School 1031324
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period
from		 01/08/2024 To 31/07/2025
Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
114,304
1,123
2,579
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118,006
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118,006
72,704
8,137
881
12,560
11,592
3,719
541
110,134
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110,134
7,872
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54,341
62,213		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
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46,974
46,974		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
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to the nearest £
114,304
1,123
2,579
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72,704
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7,872		 Last year
to the nearest £
Fees/Funding 114,304 100,647
Fundraising 1,123 18,241
Donations 2,579 8,724
Interest 1,377
Other - -
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Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 118,006 128,988
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments
128,988

Wages		 72,704 66,058
Service Charges 8,137 9,313
Equipment 2,206
Trips/Activities 881 922
Other 12,560 1,488
Tax/NI 11,592 9,958
Pension 3,719 3,524
Admin/Insurance 541 2,104
Maintenance & Furniture 157
**Sub total ** 110,134 95,731
A4 Asset and investment
purchases (see table)
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**Sub total ** - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
95,731
7,872 - -
7,872		 33,257
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54,341 46,974 - 101,315 90,173
62,213 46,974 - 109,188 123,430

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B1 Cash funds		 Details
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Barclays Current Account
Manchester Building Society
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Signature		 Unrestricted
funds
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to nearest £
to nearest £
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Agreement Error
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Cost (optional)
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Amount due
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Katie Carpenter
Emily Palmer		 Endowment
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When due
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Date of
approval
Katie Carpenter 15.05.26
Emily Palmer 26.05.26

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Broughton Pre School On accounts for the year 31[st] July 2025 Charity no 1031324 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-6 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/07/2023 .

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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 26.05.26

Signed: Name: Emily Palmer Relevant professional BSC ACMA CGMA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: River Cottage, Houghton, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 6LY

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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