## ## |||||||SQRP reference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||ofthe purposes|||of||The objects ofthe Pre-School are the| |the charity as set out
governing
document||||in its|||advancement
of Early Years Education
(including
social and physical
skills) ofboys and
girls, and
in particular
to get them prepared
to| ||||||||start their chosen Primary Schools at or near St| ||||||||Agnes.| ||||||||We aim, through
our Pre-Schools, to provide a| ||||||||first class safe, secure and an enabling| ||||||||environment
to help children
from the ages of2| ||||||||—4years to learn and develop.| ||||||||We seek to provide a rich educational| ||||||||environment
that develops
our Children' s| ||||||||capabilities,
competences
and skills.| ||||||||We provide an educational
environment
where| ||||||||each unique
Child can develop and fulfii his or| ||||||||her potential,
building
their self-confidence
and| ||||||||inculcating a desire to learn.| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||||Para 1.17and
1.19|We are an equal opportunity
organisation,
committed
to a working
environment
free from| |purposes
for the public
benefit,
in particular,
the
activities, projects or
services identified
in the
accounts.|||||||any form of discrimination
on the grounds
of
colour, race, ethnicity,
religion, sex, sexual
orientation
or disability. Trustees/School
staff
will make reasonable
adjustments
to meet the
needs ofstaff, pupils and parent/carers
who are
or become disabled.| ||||||||We continue to provide the parent/carers,
ofour| ||||||||and wider communities,
an excellent safe and| ||||||||secure Childcare
facility. We open the doors| ||||||||from 7.30am and close at 6pm. StAgnes Pre-| ||||||||school provides
an out ofschool club for the| ||||||||local school children.
Operating
a breakfast and| ||||||||after school club. We provide
holiday clubs| ||||||||during the Easter and Summer
holiday periods| ||||||||when Covid 19restrictions
allow.| ||||||||In previous years the Children
regularly| ||||||||represented
the Pre-school
by taking part in the| ||||||||community's
spring and summer
village shows.| ||||||||Children
also provided
the library and| ||||||||sometimes
local shops with pictures to display| ||||||||in their windows,
mostl
at Christmas.| ||||||When the Covid 19restrictions
allow, the| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||children
will once again become fully integrated| ||||||into the Community.| |Statement||confirming||Para 1.18|The Board ofTrustees actively promote the| |whether|the trustees||have||benefits ofthe Preschool and Gut ofSchool| |had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit|||||clubs and its provision to an ever expanding
Community
in accordance
with guidance
it
receives from the Charities
Commission.
The benefits to the public arise from carrying
out the charity's aims.| ||||||Our aim is to ensure the organisation
is| ||||||operating
legally.
This includes:- The setting| ||||||complies
with the Ofsted Statutory
Framework.| ||||||The setting complies
with up to date| ||||||employment
legislation,
including
the minimum| ||||||wage policy.| ||||||Examination
ofthe accounting
records is| ||||||carried out by a professional
accountant.| ||||||All policies and procedures
are reviewed| ||||||annually.| ||||||The welfare ofStaff and Children
ofthe setting| ||||||is observed.| ||||||Towork closely with the management
team on| ||||||all aspects ofthe Pre-school —this is done by| ||||||having
meetings
and weekly telephone| ||||||conversations.| ||||||To keep all parentjcarers
up to date with any| ||||||news and changes that may occur.| |Additional|||information|information|(optional)|(optional)|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma|choose to|||include||further statements|where relevant||about:||| |||||||SQRP reference|||||| |||||||Para 1.38|||||| |Policy on||grant making|||||||||| |Policy on||social investment||||Para 1,38|||||| |including||program||related|||||||| |investment|||||||||||| |||||||Para 1.38|||||| |Contribution|||made|by|||||||| |volunteers|||||||||||| ||||||||No voluntary|or|other|contributions|have been| |Other|||||||made during|the|period ofthis report due to the||| ||||||||restrictions|imposed||by Covid 19|| ## |Achieve|m|e|n|ts
and|Per|formance||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||SORP reference||| ||||||||Covid 19permitting
the Charity continues|to| ||||||||provide an excellent child care preschool|| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,
identifying
the difference the
charity's
work has made to
the circumstances
of its||||||Para 1.20|setting to Parents
living
in the Parish ofSt
Agnes.
It offers wrap around care from 7.30am to 6.30
pm for its Preschool children.
It provides a Breakfast Club and Afternoon
Club
for both its Preschool
children
and their children|| |beneficiaries|||and any wider||||attending
the co-located Academy Trust|| |benefits|to|society as a|||||Primary School.|| |whole.|||||||It provides
Half Term and Easter Holiday Clubs|| ||||||||and during the longer summer
holidays a|| ||||||||Summer
school ofactivities.|| ||||||||The social and economic value ofthe|| ||||||||Preschool, as a benefit to the local and wider|| ||||||||community
may be judged on the fact that|it| ||||||||operates,
daily, to its maximum
attendance|| ||||||||capacity.|| ||||||||Itworks closely with Parents to ensure
their|| ||||||||children
receive high value child care during|| ||||||||their employment
and working
commitments.|| ||||||||The Preschool
is currently
planning
to add|a| ||||||||small classroom to the main
building
in order to|| ||||||||cater for child care provision
demands.
This|| ||||||||has been achieved
by the management
team|| ||||||||working
closely with the Board ofTrustees|| ||||||||which has created a strong working|| ||||||||relationship.|| ||||||||It is inevitable
the community
(parents/carers)|| ||||||||certainly
benefit from the services supplied|by| ||||||||StA nes Pre-school and its Board ofTrustees.|| |Additional||information|||(optional)|||| |You ma|choose to include further statements||||||where relevant about:|| |Achievements
objectives set||||against||Para 1.41||| |Performance||||offundraising||||| |activities|against objectives|||||||| |;: set||||||Para 1.41||| |: Investment|||performance|||||| |**:**against objectives||||||Para 1.41||| |Other||||||||| ## |Review|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's||Para 1.21|The Charity has shown
it has a bright and||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |financial|position|||at||the end||||financially
secure future.||| |ofthe|eriod|||||||||||| |Statement||explaining|||||the||Para 1.22|The Pre-school continues
to have two areas||of| |policy for holding||||reserves||||||Reserves which are:-||| |stating why||they||are||held||||Redundancy
Reserve which
it is required,
employment
law, to have for its employees.|by|| |||||||||||Buildings and Maintenance
Reserve to ensure||| |||||||||||the Centre is, constructively,
fit for purpose||in all| |||||||||||aspects.||| |Amount|of|reserves||||held|||Para 1.22|Redundancy
Reserve f29,932||| |||||||||||Buildin
s &Maintenance
Reserve F11,066||| |Reasons for|||holding|||zero|||Para 1.22|||| |reserves||||||||||||| |Oetails offund materially||||||||in|Para 1.24|||| |deficit||||||||||||| |Explanation|||ofany||||||Para 1.23|||| |uncertainties|||about|||the||||||| |charity continuing|||||as||a going|||||| |concern||||||||||||| |Additional|information||||||(optional)|||||| |You ma|choose to||||include|||further statements||where relevant
about||| |||||||||||The Centre receives Government
Funding|for|| |||||||||||many attending
Children. The Charity's
principal||| |The charity's
principal
sources offunds (including
any fundraising)|||||||||Para 1.47|source offunding
comes from the Government
All children are entitled to free 15hours per
week, some entitled to 30 hours, depending
on
their parent's
employment
status.
A small||| |||||||||||portion offee payers, for Parents who are||| |||||||||||eligible for Government
funding
due to the|age|| |||||||||||oftheir Child, small fund raising, events||| |||||||||||organised
by parents/carers
and some||| |||||||||||donations
from parents/carers.||| |||||||||||The Centre has continued
to operate a||| |||||||||||Breakfast and Afternoon
Club for both||| |||||||||||Preschool Children
and those of Key workers||| |||||||||||attending
the co-located Academy at very||| |||||||||||reasonable
costs to Parents.||| |||||||||||In addition the Centre operates
Half Term,||| |||||||||||Easter and Summer Schools at reasonable||| |||||||||||costs to children
under 10 ears ofa e.||| |Investment||policy|||and|||||||| |objectives including||||||any||||The Charity has no Investment
Policy.||| |social investment
adopted|||||policy||||Para 1.46|||| |||||||||||Scrutiny of all finances
is monitored
monthly||by| |||||||||||either the Chair ofTrustees or a nominated||| |A description
ofthe principal
risks facing the charity|||||||||Para 1.46|Trustee.
All payroll claims are checked monthly
by either the Chair ofTrustees or a nominated
Trustee.
There are two Authorising
Bank||| |||||||||||Signatories,
Bank Credit Cards/Oebit
Cards||| |||||||||||have been reduced
and only one held by the||| |||||||||||Centre Manager —all payments
scrutinised||| |||||||||||throu
h monthl
Bank Account analysis.||| |The oversight|measures|introduced
are working| |---|---|---| |in a satisfactorily
manner.||We continue to| |employ a part|time accounts reconciliation|| |employee||| ## |Description|of charity's|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:||||| |Type of governing
document||Para 1.25|Pre-school
Learning
Alliance
Model constitution|| |(tiust dee ',|f0' al cnaf ter)|||| |How is the charity||Para 1.25|Unincorporated
association|| |constituted'?||||| |as8o':Iat '*on.||||| |Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Trustees are selected from|regular newsletters| |including
details of any
constitutional
provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled|||to Parents,
and in the local Parish Magazine.
The Trustees collectively
reviews
its
performance
at regular
intervals
including
an
Annual Trustees
Meeting to which the Public
are invited.|| |to appoint one or more|||The Trustees use resources|from Governance| |trustees|||Support Agencies,
Cornwall|Council Early| ||||Years Department
and from|its Arm's
length| ||||Human
Resources
provider|—Peninsula| ||||Businesses'
Support Organisation
as support|| ||||mechanisms.|| ||||Personal
skills ofTrustees,|their background| ||||employment
experience,
is|reviewed each year| ||||as is a review ofthe Chair ofTrustees|| ||||performance.|| ||||A Centre Polic
covers this|in detail.| |Additional|information|information|(optional)|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma|choose to include further statements||||where relevant
about|| ||||||Prospective
Trustees undergo
an interview|| ||||||process followed
by an induction
programme|as| |Policies and
adopted
for
and training||procedures
the induction
oftrustees||Para 1.51|detailed
in the Trustees Policies.
On a regular
basis, the Chair ofTrustees
will speak to
individual
Trustees to consider their personal
contribution
to the organisation
and identify|| ||||||areas where the Trustee would benefit from|| ||||||additional
training
or support.|| ||||||The Centre has a Policy which is used
in this|| ||||||rocess.|| ||||||The Charity, StAgnes Preschool
Playgroup,|is| ||||||co-located on the site ofan Academy
Primary|| ||||||School.|| |||||Para 1.51||| |ofthe charity tru|stees who manage th|e charity|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Trustee name|Office {ifany)|Dates acted ifnot forwhole
ear|Name
to a|ofperson {orbody) entitled
oint trustee
ifan|| |LESLIE|CHAIR OF||||| |DONNITHORNE|TRUSTEES||||| |ALISON|STAFF||||| |ROBINSON|EMPLOYMENT||||| |RONALD|HEALTH AND||||| |ROBERTSON|SAFETY||||| ## |Funds
held as custodian|Funds
held as custodian|trustees|on behalf ofothers| |---|---|---|---| |Description
ofthe assets||None|| |held
in this capacity|||| |Name and objects ofthe|||| |charity on whose behalf|the||| |assets are held and how|this||| |falls within the custodian|||| |charity's objects|||| |Details ofarrangements|for||| |safe custody and|||| |segregation
ofsuch assets|||| |from the charity's
own|||| |assets|||| ## ## ## ## ##