## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/04/2024 Period start date To 31/03/2025 Period end date Charity name: Tamar Valley Pre School** ## **Charity registration number: 1031355** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objectives of the Pre-school are to**
**enhance the development and education**
**of children primarily under statutory**
**school age by encouraging parents to**
**understand and provide for the needs of**
**their children through community**
**groups and by:**
**a) Offering appropriate play,**
**education and care facilities,**
**family learning and extended**
**hours groups, together with the**
**right of parents to take**
**responsibility for and to become**
**involved in the activities of such**
**groups, ensuring that such**
**groups offer opportunities for all**
**children whatever their race,**
**culture, religion, means or ability**
**b) Encouraging the study of the**
**needs of such children and their**
**families and promoting public**
**interest in and recognition of**
**such needs in the local areas**
**c) Instigating and adhering to and**
**furthering the aims and**
**objectives of the Early Years**
**Alliance (Pre-school Learning**
**Alliance)**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Tamar Valley Pre School provides a**
**safe, stimulating, loving and educational**
**experience for children aged 2-5 years.**
**We are situated within a small**
**community that does not have the**
**benefit of many other care providers.**
**Our pre-school and staff are committed**
**to the social, emotional and educational**
**learning of the children who attend our**
**setting. Our Pre-school manager and**
**staffing team plan enriched activities in**
**line with the EYFS framework that also**
**reflect a child’s individual learning**| **needs. We have a skilled staffing team who monitor and support each individual child’s development and communicate their learning journey with parents and carers.** Statement confirming Para 1.18 whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Over the last financial year, we consider**
**our primary achievements as follows:**
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**A stable and consistent staff**
**group with minimal turnover.**
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**Our long-standing links with**
**Calstock CP school has enabled**
**smooth school transitions for**
**children embarking on their**
**primary education.**
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**Our fundraising activities have**
**become increasingly vital to our**
**ongoing survival and we feel**
**these have been successful.**| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is facing a serious situation**
**as we head towards the end of the**
**current school year.**
**Having been at near capacity last year,**
**many children made the step up to**
**primary school education, along with**
**others moving away from the Calstock**
**area. As a result numbers have been in**
**single figures throughout the year,**
**sometimes as low as just 5 children.**
**This has seen a reduction in council**
**funding and parental fee income. Mixed**
**with significant cost increases in**
**minimum wage, rent, energy costs,**
**insurance, the charity has made a**
**significant loss despite its fundraising**
**efforts.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Child numbers vary from year to year –**
**living in a small rural community, this**
**has always been the case. Reserves are**
**held to enable the service to be**
**maintained through periods of low**
**numbers.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£1027.94**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Reserves have reduced significantly and**
**the charity would not survive another**
**similar year. Child numbers for 2025/26**
**need to be determined in the summer**
**term and decisions made from there.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Government funding for Childcare**
**provision, topped up by parental fees**
**and fundraising.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Low child numbers have reduced the**
**amount of government funding and**
**parental fee income. As a result**
**reserves have been used up quickly**
**through the last year.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Elected members and committee at**
**AGM as per constitution**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Tamar Valley Pre School| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1031355| |Charity’s principal address|Calstock Village Hall
The Quay
Calstock
PL18 9QA| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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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(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Emma Trend|Chair||| ||Leigh-Ann Alford|Treasurer|1stOctober 2024
onwards|| ||Jamie Boxall-
Lawrence|Trustee||| ||Morwenna
Tregellas|Secretary|Until 1stOctober 2024|| ||Alison Keane|Treasurer|Until 1stOctober 2024|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** _Leigh-Ann Alford_ **Full name(s)** Leigh-Ann Alford **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 14/01/2026 Balance Sheet Tamar Valley Preschool As at 31 March 2025 31MAR2025 311IAR 2014 Fixed Assets Tan bleAssets Accumulated DÉpreoatk)n ofcomwtrf EiwiFYnent 1173171 1173.2T) Cornwter Equipment TotalTanObleAssets 748.98 519.98 575.71 316.71 T+)tsIFlxedAssets 575.71 Y6.71 Current Assets Cash at bankand in hand Tarnarvalley Prtrschool Main Tamarvalley Prfrschool Sa￿n85 TotslCo5h4t bankand in hand 4.14). 12.540.23 1.027.94 SJ68.00 1.016.59 13J56A2 Accounts Receivable 473.fy) 850.44 T4)tsICurTentA5sets 5.641.fy) 14A)726 Creditors: amounts fallin due within one ar Accounts Payable NIC Ptyabie PAYE PayablÈ Pensions Payable TotalCrodrtor& aM￿ants1a1b)ngdUè￿lthin 0￿￿ar 401_01 IX991 78.74 1.33 217.22 401.01 Net Current Assets (Liabilities) SA23.78 I4.￿6￿5 Total Assets less Current Liabilities 5,999.49 14J52.96 Net Assets 5,999.49 14J52.96 Ca itsl and Reserves Cufrentyear Eoming5 Retsined EarninK5 To￿1￿p1th1 and Re5eThe5 18,353.471 12,935.041 14.352.% 17.288.00 SJ99A9 14J52.96 Profit and Loss Tamar Valley Preschool For the year ended 31 March 2025 Tumover C¢)wcil Fundir 4799) 48.57&11 3.43118 E¥￿ts forchilthn 33.81 14150 Fe*sfrom Parenrs .66 7,37530 Fundrai￿£ Grants 7.797A7 3.267.4T 4.IXh).th) Interestln(on IlJ5 10.71 other Income 75.OD TotalTurntr4 63J7917 Cost of Sales Direct COSts 3.28ZOO Dirt EXp￿SeS TotslC05t 01Sth5 2.44027 2.44027 328ZAI Gro55 Profit 54J63J9 Om727 staffing Costs Salu*s g)W9Ji SI.16&L T Pen￿onsc0St$ TTY54 Stsff Training T•tsist4ffin%Costs L.719.40 615.60 5JJ78a5 5L813.TT Administrative Costs AdVert￿lA&& Markeung P4#lii &￿c¢￿￿￿1￿yIQe5 3DI6B 3.276.66 Clean¥ 17321 IT Software ar*J corN￿￿e5 Other E￿>￿se& PdntSng & sts￿nery 3&tyJ 6.635.OD bs(riFthns 442.09 Bioso Molorvehkie EXp￿Se5 TotalAdmlnistr*i¥eCosts 41J5 9J38ffj1 1131851 Operating Profft Profit on Ordinary Arti¥itie5 Belore Taxation 18JS3.ffj 14935.¢MI IBJ53.471 Profrt after Taxation IIJ53.47) ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ members of** Tamar Valley Pre School 31/03/2025 **Charity** 1031355 **On accounts for the year no (if ended any) Set out on pages** 1-2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2024. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 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 all 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 in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. |**Signed:**|A
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~~NL 77)~~|**Date:**|16thOctober 2025
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~~|~~| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Name:**|Jonathan Lambert (MICB, PM.Dip)|||| |||||| |**Relevant professional**|Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) Member 405918|||| |**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**|ICB Practice Licence Number 22531|||| 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** **Address:** Unit 2 Briston Orchard St Mellion, Saltash, Cornwall PL12 6RQ ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER**