CHARITY COMMISSION I FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the perfod From 1¥t SEPTEPa8ER 2023 to 31ST AUGUST 2024 Charity narn•: ST AGNES PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP Charity r•gi•tration numb•r 1031455 Objective8 and Actlvltleg Summary of the pJrpJses of Ihe charity as set out in its go¥eming docU￿nt p￿1.1? The OLyects of the Pre-sthool we the Tr￿ment of Earty Years EdK?tion IirKluding cornrwnKatKr, aTrJ F￿Ystal 118) of buys gwts. in Fort￿ar to got prepar￿1 to start thew chosen Pr g), ¢(rniti¢(110 8 wor￿n9 vircmThni fr•• from f(¥m of dlscrfmination on the 9round8 of (>Jlour. race, ethntity, rehg*)n. •ex, sexu81 Ori￿la1￿ or dlsablllty. Truskn69. rrwgomwit and Pro Schcol staff will mak• roasorth WJJu81mont8 to meet the ne•ts of all staff. tMJpi18 and parenvcarefs are Of bécome disabled All staff ¥• trainéd in Equal OpportunitM. Pfe¥ent Cxty ￿ Brtbsh VahJe8 Thi8 18 r8gularfy updated %then ne•J&Y. Vrfe conlinue to sYovid• tho parenVc8r8rn. ol CA and wtrJer coff(rwnities. an éxcellent safe and secure Chlldcare facilty We OP￿ the dcKn frcrn 7.30am and dose at 6 15pm. St Agr Pre-sthool &Y￿KIeS ￿ out of 8clKd dub for the chIk1r￿ Owating • t*8*fa8t and after sthool club. ovkje holKla ¢￿b$ Summary oftho maln actmties in relat￿￿ to tho30 purp08e8 ICK th Nknllc benefit, in particular: the a￿1¥￿188. FKoiects or servKES bdentlfieo In the accounts. P•f• 7.174r 1_19 dumg half terms. the Easter and 4 weeks of the mmer holty perk#Js. The ChibJrEn regularty represent the Pre-school try t8￿.ng part In corrynunty's swng and sumw ￿Nage shcw5. Children also wov*Jad ltsJy and sometime5 l¢xal shops wrth ' pKtwvs to th5play in tr￿'r T*nTrJcwa, rr• a • ChrotmJs spKHI even15 We regularfy a ffmiber of the IcrAI IIW com? Irrto setting to re&y stor￿5 to our Chikjren. y ¢S)irYJ the above we rt helps our Chikjren and thsr lamilbes bxome fijl Integrate¢ Into their tcal Community. avai*b* some ot the year 6 pupils from the school coft￿ over to re&a to our chibyren. The Board of Trustees &tively proft￿￿e the tenefft5 of the PrescfKd aTrJ OLrt of Sthool C￿bS and rts prowsion to an evef expaNJing Ccrnunty In acCOrdar￿ wlth gukyancé it reKeives from Ihe Ch￿tieS Commisskn. The tenefts to the publ￿ an9• frun ¢xrylng t the chanty's alffs. Our ain ts to ensure the wisatlon Is OFerats'ng legalty. This kncludes. - The setting comF41es wlth ihe Otsted Statutory Framewo￿. The setting complies witrt up to date empwfrent l&aislatk)n. tho mfflirrun wage pol Ey2mlrwtlon ol the acc+xJnllrrfJ f￿rdS is camed by a prOfessK￿81 xcJxJnl8nt Al pollcles and Frfcthluras ar• revi9￿1 annualty by the Chair ol Tntstoos and If mana9er of the setti The Wella￿ of Staff wd Chldr•n ol tr* $8th"ng Is obsepled. To dosely wth the man•3oment t88m on all asrrtts of Prmchool - this is done by having meetiws gnd weekly t018ptr￿e conversabons. The man•3or FY0V￿e8 tr* Tfustees %4lth a %wrtten report every Boafd ol Trustees meeting. Thts s att*héd to thg rrdnutes of each ￿e￿n9. To keep all pamtlcarws up to date 8ny ntts and c*an 05 thal cttuf. Statement confirmirvJ whether thé trustees h had regard to the guidarKa i88ued by the Charity Commls81on on publ benefit P•¢• 1 18 Addltlon•l Inlorniatlon (optlonal) You ma choose to include further stalefmnts wh8re relevant ats0￿.. P•rn 1.36 Po&cy on granl makn'rvJ Pollcy on soo'al Inve8tsrnnt Including program r•lat•J investrnent P•M136 1.5 Conlnbutlon mado by volunteer5 No Volwtary or othw C4)ntn'txM0￿ have been oth Achlevements and Perforniance The Charty cJ)ntinues to provKle an excellent thild mth)ol setting to Parents IrrfiTr3 In Pansh of St Agnes aTrJ sometsnxs the rrourfing ¥ea. It off8r8 wrap 8fDuTra care from 7.3) am to 6.15 pm for its Preschool chibaren. it KYo¥*Ye8 a Breakfast ChJb and Afttmoon Club both 118 Prexhwl thhJren and children 8ttendirKJ the co4ocated Trust Pnmary SGtKrf)l. It Frn*Jes al Haf Term and Ea*w Clubs a)d durry the knger Summer hoh•s 4 week Summer SCI￿ of ￿t￿ltIe The soaal and ttonomic vabJe ol Preschool. as a benefrt to the local aTra ￿der communty may te Juoged cffl the fact that tt OFerates, daity. to rts Ma￿muM attendance pa￿ty tkn staff rrernbers have been 8 P*1 of St ￿neS Frffrscftrx4 for many years. ft cbsety wth P¥ents lo ￿sUre twr thildren rewve value &¥e dunng tr￿r employrr*nt wcth'ng corrfflrtrrents. The Preschool has wrchased a small porta cabin in ￿der to cater lor child care pThlsi demands for the breakfyst and Dut cf school cbJbs This has been ath￿ved by the managerrenl team wcrfkry 8Dard af Trustee5 which has created a strong wor￿Thj relationship. The manager and the toard of Trustees hwe S￿r￿a a space at the sclK4J SO rt can extend after schcxS care p1w￿x>n. It ts the c4)rrwnunty (parnrrtwcarws) c4rtanly benefft frDm the Serv￿ supplied ty St nes PrfrsclbJ)l aTrJ rts 8o¥d of Trustee$. Summary of ts main achievements of the cthaflty. idenb'fying the d￿er￿￿2 the charty's worf( has made to the firoJm8tanc88 of its beneffa'8ri88 and any wider benefits to society as a wMJe. Pw•l Addltlonal Infomiatlon loptlonal) You ma choose to irKgude lurthw 818tements W￿re abJuL Achievemenis againsl ot¥eth'v88 Set P•Tr141 Performance of fun(tr818trKI aCtsvit￿ ag&nst obJactN8S 8et Inv88tment Fknanc4 agalnst objectives Other Pwa 1.41 Financial Review Review of charrtI8 financial position at the of the penod Pirn121 The Charty ccntsnues to ShC￿ It has a br&ht and finaTK4alty Secu￿ future Fle-SCWI employ a tjook keeper and have a IoLxI 8(¥ountant to take care of the accounts The Pr&sclhx4 contlnues to have areas of Resepies are:. R&Jundarw ReseNe vthith it 18 required, by errpknyment to havo for il8 Wipbyees. 8uildir4Js ar￿ Maknt6nanc* R88¢r4e to en6ure the Centre fr5, C4nstru￿pI0ty. ft for purpose in all st￿ement 8Waining the policy for holding r08erve8 5tatsng why they ar• P•rn122 Amount of reservv4 ￿ld P¥• 122 Rajundary Re8erve £40.OC() Buildkn S & M8inienance Reserye £10 164 Reasons ts h)Idiw zero reserves Deta￿$ ol fuTrJ mthrlally in deficrt Explanabon of uncartainties about th• charity continuW￿ as a going Pv• 122 124 Parn 123 A(*litK•nal information (opb'onal) You ma 008e to inclLhYe furtsr stalemerrts relevant abo￿. The Centre r￿￿&$ G￿emMent FLNYJirvJ many attendry Chlldren. The Charty'¥J pnnc¥MI source of funding Ihe G0vernrr￿L Jl children. Liver the a30 of 3 are entsued lo free 15 hours some en1jt￿d lo J) hour5, dependi19 on tr*ir p8rent'8 enwoyment slatus. also t*e 2 yèar fvtTraed children and small wtK>n ol foa p8y8r3, lor Parents whose chldren we lor G¢￿ernment funding due to tha'r age Small fund rwsing. ever Janised ty parentFJcarer$ and 6(xne donation5 from Parent￿Care19 Centre has ¢￿tInU•￿ io OPW* a Breakfast and Aftwro)n Club for I￿1h Preschcol ch￿dren arKJ those of Key workers attendlng the c•>Ic￿tea Acadery at Very reaSCfta￿ costs to P8ronts. In ?ydrt￿n the Centra ¢)p8f8198 Hall Terrn. Easter aTrJ Sumw Scws gt reasmab CC#sts to children under 10 ears of The chanty's princlp81 80urces of funds (wKI(MJ any fundraising) P(ff• 1.47 Inve8tment polw and objeclive8 induding any social inve8tmwrt pdicy Pv•146 Scwtry of all flnrn Is morwtored n￿thty by ' ther the Chalr of Trustées or 8 ncminated Trustee. All payrol daims ¥e checknj monthty by either the Char of Trustees or a rKxrin*J Trustee. There are Authorisir*J 88nk SgnatDnes. Bank Credrt CardwDe￿t Cards h8ve been red￿ed ￿ on one held A d88UiPtion ol the principal nsks facing the charity P￿t•j Centre klanager- 81 payments scrulnised ', thrDugh rr*)nthly B￿k Acccurrt anatys15. The ,, tx￿￿ keeper attend8 th8 settkng on a regular I ba%s to meei with tho manaw. She ￿41e¢ll receipL bank ststements elc to keep tr tsnsed books U to date The 0￿ht measures that are In place are In a 8atthtOr￿Y mann•f Other Structure, Governance and Managemont De8CriPtion of chanty's trusts TY￿ ol goveming doGument Prtr8ctrtsY Lwnlng Allanco Mod81 ¢￿￿l￿th)n How 18 the chanty consbtuted? Parn 1.25 Trustee selection method• induding detai18 of any constrtutional wovisions e.g. ebction to post ￿ name of any ￿rSOn or body entiti to apwnt one or more trustees I P•rn125 Trustees are selecthd from regular newsletter5 to Parents. In the k¢81 Partsh M•3azme . and very often on lornl communlty notKe I boards. Th Trus￿5 collaclNety reviews Ils perfomwnce at regular intervals induding an nnual Truslees Meet'ng 10 whir*t lh• Public a￿ Invited. The Trustees LM yes￿r¢e6 frcm lkniemar Support Agenc￿, CcTh811 c￿ne11 Early Years Department and from its Am's length Human ResoLrn ryOv¥J￿- Poninsula Buslnesses. SuFWt Organoation as support Me￿an￿m5. Perscnal s￿1￿5 ol Tru81008, th•k bxkgfound •mptyrront eywienGe, * revw•d year OS IS a rthimv of the Ch•"r of Twsi•es Background checks are 8kYay8 carrfod ￿t tÉfore a nthv Trustee is abb to afte￿ to afry p￿-SchOol businoss TIN8 18 through Coven Iho n detal. Addltional infomation (optional) You ma choose lo irKlud• furthw stat￿18r￿S wtsre rnlevant about: Prospethe Tru81088 ur*Jerg) an knter•MY ocess ft>ll(ywed ty an Ind￿kn programrne a8 detaibed in the Trustees Pol￿$. On a regU￿r ts￿s, the CIN*r of TnJ8te8s wlll speak to iTrJMdual TnAt888 to considèr I￿r personal contnbutNJn to the anisat￿ and Iderrti Pc4ici08 and procedure5 Jopted induclion and training of trustee8 P•rn 1.51 ea8 where the Trustee would berefft from •Yditi"onai trainmg or Support Tr* Centre has a Pdky ￿ Is In thls Tl* Charty, St Agnes PreKhool PI8ygroup. is The charity'5 organisats.onal 8tructure any WKler , ne￿ork with vthich the ' charty work8 Sthool. The Trustws rr4na9wroni18am th very rjosety tOgetW. governing prirKiF4es lstrL£tU￿ of th• Trustees ar•.'- To ensure defvery ol t￿ Charity's obi8Clive8. To attrxt and retain a rr#Xiv8ted worklorce wth the skills and exKWts'se nOLx888ry for Nam• ol pw•on lor l)odyl •nllll•d 11 Adam Turner Ch8lr of Truste88 Treasurer Secretsry Tr￿te88 Lex Cartyon Kelly Luff-coor AIBM Robin8on Julia Dod80n Tom Knyht Tntstees Tr￿tea5 r￿e tru8te88 - nwne8 of the th'reGlors at the date the Dlr•ctor n•m• None ortwasa oved Name of tru8tee8 fK•hJing tille to property beloroffw to the charity Tr￿t•• n•m• D•ts• •ct•d If not for **¥)l• Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others , De5cnpbon of assati None ' held in this capacity Name and objects of the | chwity on wh¢xe behalf the , assets aro held and hthv trM'8 I falls wlhin the cust0j￿n ch¥ity's obpcts Details of ￿angernerrts for 18afe cu8tO¢* and , 8egregation of Such a88et8 ,' from tM ctsnty'g iy•m Additlonal Informatim (optkmal) Nwn•8 and addr•Me• of advl•or• (Optlonal Infornmtlon) Typ• ol Narn• Addr••8 advl•v Name of chlef •xecutlv• or narnes of senlor slaff m•mborn (Opooruil Informatlon) Imrs MELANIE GILBERT- CENTRE OPERATIONAL MANAGER Exempb"ons from disclosure Reason for n(yFdlsclo8ure of ke r8Mnel d8tafl8 Other o tional information Declarations The tru8tee8 declare that thoy have 4)proved the tru￿a8•, rewt abcNe. Signed on b?half of the chanty's t teos &'gnature(s) F￿1 name(s) Po8itlM {e.g. SeL¥etsry. Cha￿. etc) Adam CkthlR OF TRUSTEES Oa5 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR FNlJlANn AND WAI FS st Agnes Prn-school Annual aco)unts for the L:'.8rily Nn 1031455 od 2023 To 31* Aug 2024 Section A Statement of flnanclal activities Unr••tri¢tsd InGom• End(Y¢ffii•nl lund• lund• acovlty Tolal fund• lund• Ineomlng rn•our¢M INot• 3 F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 336 828 127 336.828 127 287.692 48 762 337.717 762 337.717 287 738 R••ourco• •xp•Thl•d (Not• 61 Exp•rKl*urn cn: 282,233 270 923 911 81y rot•1 282 233 282 233 270.923 N•t Incomrf•xp•ndlts•r•l b•for• knv••lm•nt gaIn￿(￿&s•S) 813 55,484 18,815 S14 N•t I￿OM￿•￿pondI￿r0> Extrao￿l￿ary It•m• Tran•ler• betwttn funds Oth•r r•cowl••d g•ln•lllo••••l: 55.484 55.484 18.815 Bl 817 819 R•conclll•iion ol fvnd•.' 97,873 153,357 81,058 97 873 Total e•rrl•d forni•rd 1K3 357 Section B Balance sheet lkn•lrfct•d Unr••trl¢tsd incom• endowmthit Tol*l tld• Totsl l••t funds lund8 Fix•d assets Intanglbl• *•••ts T•nglbl• •ss•ts H•rltsg• al￿1$ Inv••tsn•nt* F01 F02 F03 FC4 FOS (Not• 15) INot• 16) (Nots 17) To¢•1 flx•d 005 Current a558ts (Not• 181 D•lknrn (Not• 191 Inv••tm•nt• {N<>t• 17.4) Ca•h at b•nk and In hand (Not• 241 Tot•1 ¢urr•nt ug0ts Bto 5.871 5.671 97.873 97,873 Crndltorn: amounts lalllng du• wlthln on• y•ar (Not• 201 750 750 Il•t curTvnt •5S•tsl(Ilabllltt•s) 812 97.873 Total o•••1• IM• ¢uff•nt Ilabllltl•• w3 97.873 Crodltorn: amounts falllng du• aft•r on• y•ar (Nots 20) Prov￿10n• for Ilablllll 814 BIS Total not ass•ts or Il•blllU Fund8 of tho Charlty Endowm•nt lunds INol• 27> R••trlct•d Incom• lund• INoth) 2n Unrn•trkt•d fund• R•v•lu•tlon r•••rv• 153,357 153.357 97,873 B17 818 fr19 153.357 153.357 97,873 Total fun(ts 821 97,873 Sw•J by trustow on behall of all Dale of apmal &bTri•tyf• CC17a {Exc•t) 3110¥2025 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Seclion A Independent Examiner's Rewt R•port to tm tru8te•81 m•mb•rn ol St Agnes Pre-school On •ccount• lor the ymr •nd•d 31st August 2024 Charlty no (11 any) 1031455 S•t on pa9•8 1&2 I report to tho truste85 on my •xamInats.￿ of tho acctyJnt8 ol the above tharity (1he Trust") fty year ended 31108r2024. R••pon•lbllltl•• and As the ¢*anty tru8te88, >Th18re re8p(mi.￿e for the preparation of tho ba•1• of report accounts in aco)rdance with the Charitie8 Act 2011 {-the Act.). I report in re5pecl of my examination of1he Tru81's account8 carr*d out under 8ec*ion 145 of th 2011 Ad in carrying out my examln8tiM, I have followed all the applicable directiorn gNen by Chanty CommM•ion undor sedion 145(5Xb) ol the Ac Ind•p•nd•nt Tr ch8nty'8 gr088 income ax(xeded £250,1￿ I wn qualffied to •xamln•rf• 8tatsmont undertake Ihe examination by beiw a qualffied member of the Association of Internat￿nal Accwntants. I have ccfflpleted my ox*nination. I confirni that no matorfal matters have come to my attents'on in connec*on with the examinabon W￿ch gives mo cause to bel￿¥0 that wi. any material respect,: the accounb'ng rec(th were nc* kept In aCt￿danC• with 88¢tion 130 ol the Act. or the accounts cfid not accord with ts accounting ro¢ord8, or the accounts did not comply wrth the applicable wu1￿Ments n¢erning the forni and content of accourrts sel c*rt In Ihe Charit185 (Accounts and Report8) Regul8tion8 2008 other than any requirement that the ax(wnls give a 'tru8 and fairf vI￿V which 18 not a matter cnnskdèred as part of an VKleF•ndorrt examfftatlon. I have no concern8 arKI have come a¢XDSS no other matters in conmet￿n wrth thé examination to which attention should be drawn in this repcKt in cth to enabkn a Fyopor undw8larKliw ol the aC0￿ntS to be reachod. Slgn•d: D•t•: 31 * March 2025 Nam•: Malcolm Heard R•hvant wof•s•lonal qualificatlorfs) or body (If any): FAIA IER Octobar 2018