Annual return for the year from September 1st 2021 to August 31st 2022
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 65 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 6065% 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.
Our Committee members during the academic year were:
Chair: Sylvia Oates Treasurer: Christopher Cheeseman Secretary: Kieran Lalli Committee members: Usman Basharat Heather Hutchison
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
We were very pleased this year to see a two year project to refurbish our outdoor space come to fruition. The outdoor area we have sole use of during the week has been resurfaced with a cushioned rubber floor to three quarters of the area, leaving a small paved area under cover for sand play and our arts and craft shed. The new flooring has brightened up the area immensely as well as improving safety for the children when using play equipment. As well as benefitting the preschool it has also greatly improved the area for other users of the community building at weekends and during the school holidays.
We also took the opportunity to invest in accessible storage units for the children to help themselves to play items and equipment outside, encouraging them to further explore and develop their play and learning outside.
Other areas of note include higher spend this year on educational resources, which covers a wide range of items the children to use, including books, toys and small play equipment. We have continued to develop our provision into a more natural environment, moving away from brightly coloured plastic toys to wood and natural resources to develop the ‘Curiosity Approach’ to enhance the learning and play opportunities for all of our children.
Fundraising income has been low this year and we hope to improve on this in the coming year with more activities and events. It is also worth nothing we held fundraisers for other causes, a cake sale for the DEC Ukraine appeal raising £114 and a coffee morning for the mental health charity ‘Young Minds’ allowing us to donate £50. As always, we would like to thank the support of the parents and carers in attending our fundraising events and generously supporting us throughout the year.
Accounts for the year from September 1st 2021 to August 31st 2022
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 April 29[th] 2023.
On paper we have a deficit of £9,504, however it should be noted that this includes the spend of £9,594 on resurfacing the play area and improving our outdoor space as mentioned, and refitting/refurbishing a small space for use as the preschool office at a cost of £1,732. This money came from savings made in previous years and has therefore been allocated from our reserves.
We retain just over £65,000 in our savings account. Of this we hold an amount of £59,500 as a designated reserve in case of the preschool closing, this represents three months of running costs and the statutory redundancy payments which would be required for the staff team. The remainder we retain at present to allow for any shortfalls in running costs in future years.
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 wollatonparkpreschool@gmail.com or telephone 0115 837 6420 during Nottingham City term times.
WOLLATON PARK PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST AUGUST 2022
| INCOME NCC Funding Private fees including Tax Free Childcare Fund Raising Fund Raising - Other Donations through fees SEND/DAF Bank Interest Government Grants - Job Retention Scheme EXPENDITURE Wages and National Insurance Employers Pension Contributions Rent Insurance Telephone and Internet Repairs and Maintenance Office refit Accountancy and Professional fees Milk and Snacks Fixtures and Fittings IT Equipment and Software Outdoor / Play area Consumables Marketing and Publicity Training Courses DBS Checks Donation from fundraising - Other Membership Fees Educational Resources Famly Surplus/(Deficit) for the year |
134,142 28,564 418 164 100 4,315 10 0 167,713 126,932 3,183 16,206 940 589 72 1,732 1,116 1,089 1,614 285 9,594 6,273 666 1,023 392 164 370 3,553 1,426 177,217 -9,504 2022 £ |
108,831 33,301 1,455 0 340 1,539 6 0 145,473 104,858 2,656 15,689 926 437 722 1,371 513 3,478 650 0 6,349 89 1,192 197 370 2,920 1,591 144,008 1,465 2021 £ |
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Bank Balance3 01 September 2021 Add Surplus of Payments over Receipts .9504 Bank Bal8nc8s 31 August 2022 8ank CUrn1 Account Bank Deposit Account 123 64973 65096 ACCOUNTANTS CERTIFICATE I have prepared the Receipts and Payments account overfeaf for tho year ended 31 August 2022 from thè books and vouchers ol the Wollaton Park Prfrscthool Playgroup and from information and explanation8 suppl to me by the Treasurer. H J Burton ArLountsnt8 Ltd 105- 107 Green L8n Ockbrook Defbyshire DE72 3SE 19 Octob8r 2022
WOLLATON PARK PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST AUGUST 2022
| 1. Consumables and Office stationery Consumables Settings Consumables Settings Cleaning PPE Consumables Arts and crafts Consumables Office Subscriptions and Publications 2. Fixtures and Fittings 3. Membership fees 4. Other Donations |
Cleaning and hygiene including PPE costs Everyday items used by the children e.g. Paint and paper Larger items not directly used as play equipment e.g. tables and chairs. Ofsted registration ELA Membership Information Commissioners Office Donations through fees and from parents for specific activities, e.g. exercise mats. Also kind donations made by leavers this year. |
1888 1569 1235 1450 131 6273 220 115 35 370 |
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