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|Central Pre-School||||
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|Contents||||
|Forthe year ending 31st|August 2023|||
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|Legal and Administrative|Information|||
|Trustees Report||||
|Independent
Examiner's|Report|||
|Summary
Income and Expenditure||Account||
|Balance Sheet||||
|Notes to the Financial Statements||||
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|Summary ofthe purposes
ln its governing
document|||||ofthe|charity as setout|Para l.11|Tocare for and enhance the development
and education
from 2years old up to5years okh|ofchildren,|
|||||||||Offering appropriiata
play, education
and care facilities for children||
|||||||||aged 2-1 in asafe, secure, and stimulating
environment,|whatever|
|||||||||their ram culture, regglon, means or abglty.||
|||||||||Weoffer an affordable
breakfast dub and aRer school club to any||
|||||||||child attending the setting and the local primary school.||
|Summary ofthe main activities
in relation to
those purposes
for the pubic benefit, in
parricular, the activities, projects orservices|||||||Para 1.17and
1.19|We now offer ag veer-round care for any families needing chil deere
through the school hogdays.||
|identified|in|the accounts.||||||||
|||||||||We elm toenhance ther development
and education
by|encouraging|
|||||||||learning,
self-congdence,
and independence.
We offer a|varied|
|||||||||curriculum
that supports
children's
indwidual
needs, ercouraging||
|||||||||them to meet their own unique goals.||
|||||||||Meeting the needs ofany chid with special educational|needs, and|
|||||||||s up po ning the families as needed.||
|Statement|confirming|||whether||the trustees have||AETrustees have been advised under guidance of pubfic|benefit which|
|had regard||to the guidance|||Issued by the Charity||Pare 1.18|istoserve families
and their cMldren with accessto Early years||
|Commlmlon|||on pubic|benefit||||pnwisiiais.||
|Contribution|||made by|volunteers|||Para 238|Ag staff and trustees offer their time for free to improve
end to run fundra ising events in order to raise funds for|the setting
the setting.|
|||||||||Ag staff and trustees offer their time fer freetoimprove|the setting|
|||||||||and to run fundra ising events In order to raise funds for|the setting.|
|||||||||Wealso encourage
ag parents and families olthe child|em attending|
|Contribution|||made by|volunteers|||Para 1.38|tovolunteer their lime to help «s out byjoining a session to play with
chikkan.||
|||||||||We arrange for valunteers
from a local company to spend a day with||
|||||||||«stoRive our fmnt garden amakeover,
they did a wonderful job for||
|||||||||which we are highly grateful.||
||||||During the year, one ofour kmg-standing
staff members
completed|
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||||||hw Level 3fiualificaticm
and another staff member embarked
on the|
||||||same course. This training enhances their practise and knowledge.|
||||||Many staff members
have attended
training courses that we were|
||||||tuck tosecutre agrant for.from the HAF club programme.
This also|
||||||enabled
us to book an In-house group training ofsignalong for ag staff|
||||||members,
being a huge advantage tothose chgdran
with SEND.|
||||||We organised a trip toCotswokl Wgdlife Park, which many children|
||||||wouldn't
be able to experience without
this group booking also we|
||||||arranged foramobge farm tovisit the setting togive ag chgdren|
||||||auending the experience ofmany different animals.|
|Summary ofthe main achievements|||ofthe||Weance again arrange our annual
cinema trip in December 2022 with|
|charity, Identifying
the difference the charity's|||||another pre-school.|
|work has made to the circumstances|||ofits|Para 1.20||
|beneiiclaries and any wider||benefits|tosociety as||We managed to purchase new resources forour SEND chgdren to help|
|awhole.|||||with language
and communication,
this is a huige benefit and|
||||||something
we like tofundralse
for.|
||||||We are very passionate about celebrating
afi the different cultural|
||||||festivals. We buy resources for the children tomake spedal items to|
||||||take home, and for ag that attend to leam about the many different|
||||||festivals celebrated
by our diverse range of famlfies.|
||||||Inlanusry 2023, we changed
from Parents to Blossom, adatabase|
||||||that stores ag the children's
information,
as well as the learning
and|
||||||education
paperwork.
we are hopeful that will cut dawn our costs of|
||||||prlnung
paperwork
and photographs.|
||||||This year we have again, cantinued towork on the upkeep ofthe|
||||||bugding
and replace old, tired or broken resources.|
||||||Central Pre-school aim toarrange as many fundralslng
activities as|
||||||possible to enable us to fmprove the setting.|
|Perfonnance
objectives set|offundrablng|activities against||Para 1.41|This year we held many chirstmas
fundraisers,
including
aconcert,
disco and story time. Wewere also bvery lucky tobe invited to hold a
stall atthe fete ofthe local orimary school In the summer.|
||||||We also had a local community
centre rane fund» at afete and donate|
||||||ittothe setting, this was very generous
and much appreciated.|
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|||Finances are stgl a worry with pay rates rising a lot, yearly, and the|Finances are stgl a worry with pay rates rising a lot, yearly, and the||
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|Review ofthe charity's Rnancial position at the
end ofthe period|Pam 1.21|cost of living also still rising
tomention acut in funding|but with no major Increase in funding.
Not
for SEND Inclusion. We are stgl trying to||
|||cut back an spending
wherever
possible ta help.|||
|||We try to have a reserve af|funds in the event oflaw numbers atthe||
|Statement
explaining the policy for holding
resenres stating why they are held||start afthe year which Isvery common. We also have a very small
~eserve In caseofredundandes,
we do need to bugd on this now.
reserves are lower than we would tike them to be to give us more||Our|
|||security forthe year ahead.|||
|Explanation ofany uncertainties
about the charlty
continuing
as a going concern|Para 1.23|The cuwent trustees would very much like to step down, but we are
finding it very difficuh ta replace them.|||
|||Our main source ofincome|isfrom Government
Early Years Education||
|||funding.|||
|The charity's
principal sources offunds fincluding|Para 1.47|As well as this we charge a
attending.|consumable fee ofEl per day to each chid||
|any fundraisingj||Wealso invoice for any non-funded
hours and the breakfast
and after|||
|||school dub.|||
|||We hold fundraising
events|when possible,||
|structure, Glmarnance
and Istanagamem|||||
|Type of governing
document|Para 1.23|Constitution|||
|How isthe charity constituited?|Para 1.2S|Unmcorporated
Association|||
|Trustee selection methods
Indudlng
detags ofany|||||
|constitutional
provisions e,g.election to post or|Para 1.25|Bected at AGM|||
|name of any person or body entitled to appoint|||||
|one or more trustees|||||
|||Ag trustees
and committee|members complete an enhanced||
|Pogdes and procedures
adopted for the induction
and traming oftrustees|Para LS1|volunteers
DRScheck, and an EY2form through
Ofsted. Online
training
Isprovrded for agtrustees through
PSIA, Ag trustees
sign||a|
|||confidentiality
policy.|||
|Reference and admrnstrative
details shown on page|1ofthe accounts||||
|This report was approved
tty the Trustees on...Rfith.|tune ROR4-||||
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|Summary
Income end Expenditure||Account|||||||
|Forthe year ending 31stAugust 2023|||||||||
|||||Uluaslrlctmf|Rslrhted|St/08/2023|31/08/2022||
||||Notes tothe|Funds|Funds|Tetal funds|Total|funds|
||||Alxuants|E||6||6|
|Inconla|||||||||
|6rants||||182,064|1,564|183,628|135,990||
|Fees||||46,067||46,067||29,677|
|Fundraising||||1,344||1,344||588|
|Uniform||||395||395||266|
|Deposit Account Interest||||32||32||1|
|||||~229 902|1,564||||
|Expenditure|||||||||
|Gross Wages,|Nl &Pensions|||174,505||174,505|150,297||
|Rent||||26,814||26,814||19,450|
|General Office &Admin Expenses||||7,394||7,394||9,322|
|Premises Expenses||||1,719||1,719||2,100|
|Misc Fees &Courses||||3,347|310|3,657||4,347|
|Educational
Fees 8 Expenses||||141|1,452|1,593||1,677|
|Hospltagty,
Sports &Entertainments||||||||39|
|Professional|Fees Silnsurances|||1491||1,591||1,464|
|Depreciation||||2,605||2,605||2,724|
|Bad debts||||||||899|
|Bank Charges|||||||||
|Total||||218,116|1,762|219,878|~192319||
|NET INCOME/)EBPENDITUBE)||||11,786|1198)|11,588||(25,797)|
|Tmnsfers between|funds|||)17)|17||||
|Net move
mant In|funds|||11,769|)IS1)|11488||(25,797)|
|BECONQUATION|OF FUNDS||||||||
|Total funds bought|forward|||27,150|310|27,460||53,257|
|Total funds carried|forward|||38,919|129|39,048||27,460|
|The Centml Predshoo)||||||
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|Ra)sees ghost||||||
|As at31stAugust 2023||||||
|||Uulsmlkted|Restrbted|31/03/2023|31/og/2022|
||Notes totlm|Fwuls|Funds|Totalfunds|Total funds|
||Attrmnts|E|6|E|E|
|Tangible Fixed Assets||7,813||7,813|10,418|
|Currelll Assets||||||
|Cash in Hand||587||587|771|
|Cash at Bank||33,002||33,131|18,417|
|Stork .Uniform||32||32|183|
|Debtors 8 Prapayments||698||698|447|
|||34,319|129|34,448|19,818|
|Creditors||||||
|Amounts
falling due whhin one year|6|(3,213)||(3,213)|(2776)|
|Net Current Anmla||31,106|129|31,235|17,042|
|Net Assets|||129|39,048|27,460|
|Funds||||||
|Unrestricted
funds||||38,919|27,150|
|Restricted funds||||129|310|
|Total funds||||39,048|27,460|
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|Comparfdyes
for|the shrlement offlnandal scthrides-2022||||
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|||Unrestdcted|Restricted|Total|
|||Funds|Funds|Farld»|
|||6|6|E|
|lrlmrrul|||||
|SBCGrants||128,668|7,322|135,990|
|Fees||29,943||?9,943|
|Fundraising||588||588|
|Deposit account interest|||||
|Total||159,200|7,322|266+22|
|Expenditure|||||
|Gross Wages, Nl IL Pensions||150,297||150,297|
|Rent||ZBXISD||19,450|
|General Offlce8Admin Expenses||9,322||9,322|
|Premises Expenses||2,100||2,100|
|Misc Fees ILCourses||4,253|94|4,347|
|Educational|Fees IL Expenses|782|895|1,677|
|Hospitagty,|Sports and Entertainments|39||39|
|Professional|Fees8Insurances|1,464||1,464|
|Depredation||2,724||2,724|
|Bad debts||899|||
|Total||191,330|989|292919|
|The Cenkai Pre-School|The Cenkai Pre-School||||||
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|Notes tothe Financial 5 atements|||||||
|Forthe ymr ending 91stAugust 2023|||||||
|11|Comparltivea
forthe statement offfnandal acdvhies|—mntlnued|||||
||||Unrestrkted|Restrkted|Total||
||||Funds|Funds|Funds||
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||Net Income / (Eapenditure)||(32,130)|6,333|(25,797)||
||Transfers between funds||6,023|(6,023)|||
||Remndlktlon
offunds||||||
||Totalfunds
broughtforward||53,257||53,257||
||Total funds carried forward||27,150|310|27,460||
|11|Movement
Infunds||||||
||||Net|Trmlsfers|||
|||At
01/09/2022|nuwement
in
funds|bakmen
funds|At
31/08/2023||
||Unrestrktad
funds||||||
||General fund|27.150|11,7S6|(17)|38,919||
||Restricted funds||||||
||Swindon
Borough Council 2023||112|17||129|
||Swlndoll
Borough Council 2022|310|(310)||||
||Restricted funds|310|(198)|17|||
||TOTAl FUNDS OFTHE CHARITT|27,460|11,588||||
||Swindon gonmgh Ceundl-2023||||||
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|Net movement
in funds, included|in the above are as follows:||||
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|||||Movement
In|
|||||funds|
|Unrestrkted
funds|||||
|General fund||229,902|(218,116)|11,786|
|Restricted funlk|||||
|Swlndon
Borough Council 2023||1,564|(1.452)|112|
|Swlndon
Borough Council 2022|||(310)|(310)|
|Restricted funds|||(1,762)|(198)|
|TOTAL FUNDS OFTHE CHARITY||231,466|(219.878)|11,588|
|Comparltlves
for nmvement
in flmds||||||
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||At|Net
mmmmwlt|In|Transfers
between|At|
||01/09/2022|funds||funds|M/08/2023|
|Unrestrkted
funds||||||
|Generalfund|53,257|(32,130)||6,023|27,150|
|Restrkled funds||||||
|Swindon
Borough Council 2022||6,333||(6,023)|310|
|TOTAL FUNDS DFTHE CHARITY|53,257|25|797||27,460|
|||Incoming|Resources|Movement
In|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||lesoolcss|expended|funds|
||||E||
|Unrestrkled|funds||||
|General|fund|159,200|(191,330)|(32,130)|
|Restricted funds|||||
|Swindon|Borough Council 2022|7,322|(989)|6,333|
|Reslricled funds||7,322|(NN)|6,333|
|TOTAL FUNDS OFTHE CHARITY||166,522|~192,319|~25,797|