2025-03-31-accounts

Charity No: 1031863 Woodlands Pre•School Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Woodlands Pre-school Contents Trustees Report Independent Examiners Report Receipts and Payments Account

Woodlands Pre-school Trustees Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 Trust Inforniation Charity Name.. Woodlands Pre-school (WPS) Charity No: 1031863 Address: Netley Marsh Community Hall, Woodlands Road, Netley Marsh, Southampton, Hampshire, S040 7GE Trustees.. Nicola Healy Lisa Shaw Fiona Jenkins Georgina Goldstraw (appointed 23 October 2024) Sarah Smith (appointed 23 October 2024) Lisa Carter (resigned 20 October 2025) Chari Pur INPS works for the public benefit having as its objective the development and education of children and young people, in particular by.. promoting their care and safety. promoting their education and promoting parental involvement promoting their health and wellbeing providing services to support them and their families and carers. Structure and Mana ment INPS is an unincorporated organisation established by a trust deed. The work ofthe WPS is overseen by a committee of parents and former parents. The management structure consists of well qualified and experienced managers. Including a well eXperIen￿d SENCO. VIPS is a member ofThe Early Years Alliance and works regularly with a number of professionals, namely an Early Years Inclusion Advisor and the Local Inclusion Forum Team (consisting of Specialist Teachers, Health Visitors and Social servI￿s representatives). We also attend Early Years Ne￿Ork, Safeguarding, SENCO and Briefing Sessions hosted by SFYC. New Trustees may be nominated and appointed by current trustees. Trustees complete DBS checks in line with statutory requirements. Trustees meet regularly and work collaboratively on all aspects of the role. Induction and training take place as part of regular meetings Activities and Ob'ectives in the Year Our main activity is to deliver, within our fully inclusive setting for 2-5 year olds, the Early Years Foundation Stage. To do this we employ childcare managers and practitioners who undertake joint daily discussions of activities to meet the needs and interests of the children attending our setting. We deploy a key person approach to ensure that the progress and well-being of all individual children is constantly monitored using online Tapestry and feeds into future planning. We ensure that our staff are well trained and hence able to successfully meet the needs of the children in our care. We promote the importance of the learning environment inside and outside to include our Allotment area also the adjoining field. We endeavour to make this as stimulating as possible. We Page 1

listen lo the vieK rfchildren, parBlrts arKI staff and use Ihis fee(bKk to our 8etting. Vtrtr aC￿rat8￿ assess our ctitldren and proth thls Infum￿ kn SPfC and Ixal as $￿tift9 as ¢bseMts or hews. Vts valueanthihlren as indiv•Juals end cd•brate 8rltaln'$dfversity ofcullure aHI ethri. We help Ihe chiklren n wcwe lo happy and tE81#ry. We havè pdlcb8 and pTo(¥JyreF Tn plax for all aspects of safeguarthng. cbll(J t￿le(alon, Risk and hearth arKI sty. and w• use slaff trainiry days and enure all slaff are in fr(ffi ts Pre-SthrAII Ltsming Alliance. the next 01818d in8pth. eontinue to c(Mn￿et0 audts and review FdicAes annuaty, Ni Itne wlth (&￿In￿nd810n& of the tork closety together with the slaff lo ensurn that the chlldm ID our care re￿1ve a b￿a￿d The pre8cIDJl has now had a Good Ofsted inspecbon whith how we have I￿p[Oved outcomesfor chihjren in Quf selling. W8 are cicw'ng Ih8gap5 In leaming that have affeded ¢bthlr bom tfKoLWout the Covid poThJert. The prexhwl ha# increased our number of F4ac4s lo k up wth demwKI for spaces, have more ¢hthJren on role takiry up place& This in turn has Increa8ed our kKOff. There has a50 been slaff training costs and Imim￿l wage increases to cover. Th? Ch￿fr in managern￿ has made vast improvernents lothe service prcwision, thKluding the Good r from Ofsted. ttbKh puts us in a po8ltitx wing f￿Ward. The pre$d￿01r8rnirtsa Very much valued huboflhecommunty and receives enormou$ iiounts of parental $uppcrfL The year unts ￿VIeW saw a large increHse in inwme fmm £80.549 10 E15S.475 arrfl irKX> exceeded expenditure by £65.315 (2024 exVMlrt￿ ex<%eded KKome by £10,759). The n Income poBltion 15 tsrgdy down to thé increase incctsne. The charity's firAncts ￿nt￿lue to be Sound ith rn(¥eth3n adtyuate reserveB lo ffleetcurrart aftd sufficient leser￿S to cover these costs for at18ast four nM)ntls in the absence of any income wilhoul extem81 support. The twstees dad*• that they have apwoved the Irustee5' above Suned on b8halfof the charl1￿6 Irusteeg OD Its Jarnury 2026. Nicola Heaty- Chwrperson

Independent Examln•rs Report to the Trustees Of Woodlands Pre4chool For Tho Yaar Ended 31 March 2025 Charity No: 1031863 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity I'the Trusf) for the year ended 31 March 2025 as set out on page 4. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with 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 examlner's statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have 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 Act,. or . the accounts did not accord with the accounting records" or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming 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 fairf 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.. Date.. s& January 2026 Name.. Tonmoy Kumar FCCA Qualification: Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) Page 3

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