2021-08-31-accounts

Annual return for the year from September 1st 2020 to August 31st 2021

Aims and area of operation:

The aim of the Preschool is to provide a safe, stimulating environment for the care and education of children from the ages of two to five. We operate from rented premises in the Wollaton area of Nottingham and welcome children from Wollaton and the surrounding areas.

Sessions run every weekday during Nottingham City term time from 9.00 – 12.00 and 12.00 – 15.00 each day; with the option of a breakfast club from 8.15 until 9.00 and a lunch club from 12.00 until 13.00 for those attending the morning session. Children can stay all day from 8.15 or 9.00 until 15.00 if they choose.

There were 63 children on roll at the end of this year and we are registered to accommodate up to 35 in any one session. We have two rooms in operation, ‘Acorns’ for two year olds and ‘Oaks’ for three to five year olds.

Registration Details:

Charity Number: 1033374.

Registered Office: Kingswood Methodist Church, Lambourne Drive, Wollaton, Nottingham NG8 1GR.

We are also registered with the Early Years Alliance and OFSTED.

For details of our OFSTED reports, please use the unique reference number 254678. Our last rating by Ofsted was in April 2018, and we were rated ‘good.

We also operate under the close supervision and with the support of the Nottingham City Council Early Years Team, who facilitate funding for a proportion of our children (generally around 60-65% of the total in attendance). Parents and carers can also pay fees on a private basis if their children are not yet eligible for this funding.

Management of the Preschool

The Preschool is managed by a voluntary management committee, primarily made up of parents and carers of children attending the Preschool, along with staff representation.

Committee members during the academic year 2020-2021 (please note these members were elected at our AGM in May 2021 which had been delayed due to Covid restrictions):

Chair: Sylvia Oates Treasurer: Christopher Cheeseman Secretary: Kieran Lalli Committee members: Rebecca Jackson Emma Robinson

Preschool Supervisor

& Committee member: Gemma Beck

We operate under the standard constitution of the Early Years Alliance, with committee members elected annually through a system of proposals and seconding at the Annual General Meeting by members of the previous committee.

Achievements during the year

Having weathered the coronavirus pandemic, we were delighted to open fully again to all of our children in September 2020. Despite further country wide lockdowns we, along with other early years providers, stayed open to support our families.

Numbers were very healthy throughout the year, with our older ‘Oaks’ room being at full capacity most mornings of the week from very early in the year. We also saw an increase in people taking up the 30 hours funding offer and using Tax Free Childcare to pay for their fees.

Fundraising initiatives were still affected by the pandemic as we limited gatherings, but we had a very successful sponsored ‘scoot to preschool’ in March which raised over £1,000 and a lovely Christmas project painting mugs for family and friends. As always, we’d like to thank the parents, carers and other family members for their ongoing support of preschool and our fundraising throughout the year. Money from fundraising was spent on improving our learning environment with more natural play resources and extending our library of books.

We also invested in our team this year, supporting training initiatives for continued professional development, one of the most important courses being a ‘mental health first aider’ qualification one member of staff. We are using this as a springboard to develop support for parents and carers as well as for our children and the staff team.

Accounts for the year from September 1st 2020 to August 31st 2021

Please see these attached as a separate document. These have been independently examined by the Preschool Accountant, HJ Burton Accountants Ltd, and approved at the Annual General Meeting held on November 30[th] 2021.

Following a deficit the year before, we were pleased to make a small surplus, which will be used in 2021/ 2022 towards the costs of replacing the play surfacing in the outdoor area. We also took the opportunity this year to invest in new educational resources and mobile library and storage units to improve our provision.

We retain the savings and reserves from previous years of over £74,000. Our reserve policy states we should retain three months of running costs and the statutory redundancy payments in case of closure, which equates to just under £45,000 at costs calculated in 2020.

For the remaining money in our savings, we had planned a number of new initiatives including developing the outdoor area and improving our office space. The pandemic meant this spend was delayed, but plans are now in place for these projects to take place in the 2021-2022 academic year.

Thank you for reading this report and your interest in our preschool. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us via email at [e-mail] or telephone [phone] during Nottingham City term times.

	2027		20zo
	C		e
INCOME
NCCFunding	108,831		u,739
Private fees includingTax FreeChildcare	33,301		29,O39
FundRaising	1,455		475
DonationsthrouShfees	340		688
SEND/DAF	1,539		775
Banklnterest	6		27
GovemmentGrants-JobRetentionScheme	0		5,494
		745,473		127,237
EXPENDITURE
Wagesand Nationallnsurance	104,858		94,757
Employers PensionContributions	2,656		2,O29
Rent	15,689		10,916
lnsurance	926		926
Telephoneandlnternet	437		473
Repairsand Maintenance	722		r44
AccountancyandProfessional fees	L,377		1,345
Milkand snacks	513		351
FixturesandFittings	3,478		7,20s
lTEquipmentandSoftware	550		1,556
consumables	6,349		4,4M
Marketing and Publicity	89		373
Training Courses	7,L92		406
DBSchecks	L97		126
MembershipFees	370		370
EducationalResources	2,920		7,O72
SEND/DAF	0
Famly	1,591		994
		144,008		!21,462
surplus/lDeficitllortheYear		L,4$5		-225

Consumablos	Sottings		1672
Consumabl€s	S€ttings Cleaning PPE	Cleaning and hygiene including PPE costs	2225
Consumabl€a	Arts and crafrs	Evendayitems us€dbythecfiildrsne.9. Paint andpaper	1192
Consumables	Office		1260
			639

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OfstodrBglsfation	2N
ELAMamb€rship	,15
lnformation Commissiongrs Offca	35
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	2027		20zo
	C		e
INCOME
NCCFunding	108,831		u,739
Private fees includingTax FreeChildcare	33,301		29,O39
FundRaising	1,455		475
DonationsthrouShfees	340		688
SEND/DAF	1,539		775
Banklnterest	6		27
GovemmentGrants-JobRetentionScheme	0		5,494
		745,473		127,237
EXPENDITURE
Wagesand Nationallnsurance	104,858		94,757
Employers PensionContributions	2,656		2,O29
Rent	15,689		10,916
lnsurance	926		926
Telephoneandlnternet	437		473
Repairsand Maintenance	722		r44
AccountancyandProfessional fees	L,377		1,345
Milkand snacks	513		351
FixturesandFittings	3,478		7,20s
lTEquipmentandSoftware	550		1,556
consumables	6,349		4,4M
Marketing and Publicity	89		373
Training Courses	7,L92		406
DBSchecks	L97		126
MembershipFees	370		370
EducationalResources	2,920		7,O72
SEND/DAF	0
Famly	1,591		994
		144,008		!21,462
surplus/lDeficitllortheYear		L,4$5		-225

Consumablos	Sottings		1672
Consumabl€s	S€ttings Cleaning PPE	Cleaning and hygiene including PPE costs	2225
Consumabl€a	Arts and crafrs	Evendayitems us€dbythecfiildrsne.9. Paint andpaper	1192
Consumables	Office		1260
			639

Larger itEms notdircc{yussd asplaygquipmqnte.g. tables anddrairs.
OfstodrBglsfation	2N
ELAMamb€rship	,15
lnformation Commissiongrs Offca	35
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