## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01.08.2024 Period start date To 31.07.2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: OLD STRATFORD PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP**
## **Charity registration number: 1033454**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To enhance the development and education**
**of children aged 2-4. Providing parents with**
**guidance of what the child may need and**
**encourage development.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**A range of sessions are available to the**
**children and these provide them with learning**
**and education opportunities using the**
**materials and resources available and**
**through activities. Extra activities are offered**
**through our Toddler Time and Forest School**
**activities.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Throughout the year the committee plan,**
**organise and run events to raise funds that**
**can then be directly used for the preschool**
**towards new resources and equipment to**
**support the children with their learning and**
**development.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference|
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||Para 1.38|
|Policy on grant making||
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on social investment||
|including program related||
|investment||
||Para 1.38|
|Contribution made by||
|volunteers||
|Other||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The Preschool offers places to the children in**
**the local community to provide them with an**
**early years education before they move up to**
**primary school.**
**This enables the children to learn through**
**play and activities to prepare them for when**
**they start at the local primary school.**
**The committee has organised and run events**
**during the year for the local community to**
**involve them and to support the preschool.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Accounts have been provided to show the**
**financial position.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Funds are held in a reserve bank account to**
**be used in the event of closure/redundancy.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£45,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Main source of income is received from West**
**Northants Council for the funded children.**
**Further income is from fees from non-funded**
**children or additional sessions and from**
**fundraising.**|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution Document**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Charity**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**An AGM is held annually by the committee**
**giving people the opportunity to join the**
**committee, change roles or step down.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|OLD STRATFORD PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1033454|
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|Charity’s principal address|OLD STRATFORD COMMUNITY CENTRE
DEANSHANGER ROAD
OLD STRATFORD
MILTON KEYNES
MK19 6NL|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Michael Reynolds|Chair|26/03/2023 topresent||
||Charlotte D’Mello|Treasurer|16/11/2023 topresent||
||Kate Wootton|Secretary|26/10/2023 topresent||
||Michelle Threlfall|General Member|26/10/2023 topresent||
||Lisa Borrit|General Member|10/01/2024 topresent||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
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|**Accounta**
**nt**|Denise Balch|Thompson Balch, 15 Towcester Road, Old Stratford,
Milton Keynes, MK19 6AN|
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|**Accounta**
**nt**
**Payroll**|Constantine Makris|Constantine & Co. 9 Vermont Place, Tongwell, Milton
Keynes, MK15 8JA|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** ~~NY~~ **Full name(s)** Michael Reynolds **Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 16/04/2026
## **Old Stratford Pre-School Playgroup**
**Accounts for the year ended 31st July 2025**
**Contents** Page 1 Independent Examiner's Report Page 2 Income & Expenditure Account Page 3 Balance Sheet
# **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Old Stratford Pre-School Playgroup Charity Number 1033454**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for the year ending 31st July 2025 ,which are set out on pages 2-3.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Pre-School you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ( ' the act ' ).
I report in respect of my examination of the Pre-School'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 examiner’s Statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect :
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Pre-School as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with the accounting records.
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**
**Name: Qualification: Address:**
Denise Balch A.C.A. 15 Towcester Rd Old Stratford Milton Keynes MK19 6AN
## **Date:**
4th March 2026
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## **OLD STRATFORD PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP**
## **Income and Expenditure Account**
## **For the Year Ended 31 July 2025**
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2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Income
Fees 33,259 36,678
Grants 122,711 95,218
Welcome packs 380 -
Registration Fees - 420
Drop In Sessions 518 574
Field Trips, Parties & Extra Activities 1,120 1,270
Fundraising 3,911 4,837
Donations 50 774
Uniform 15 -
Commission on photographs - 277
161,964 140,048
Expenditure
Wages & National Insurance 111,047 99,969
Staff Pension 4,940 3,590
Rent 12,513 7,558
Purchase of Equipment 6,165 6,611
Field Trips, Parties & Extra Activities 1,148 1,138
Fundraising Expenses 974 1,523
Uniform 854 993
Garden maintenance 2,933 2,765
Administration 2,527 1,805
Cleaning products 117 185
Snacks 866 583
Staff- Courses & DBS checks 1,520 118
Subscriptions 421 433
Insurance 1,363 1,194
Payroll administration 1,260 1,260
Independent examination 408 480
Website development 150 383
Bank charges 371 29
Sundries 126 271
149,703 130,888
Net Surplus for the Year 12,261 9,160
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## **OLD STRATFORD PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP**
## **Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2025**
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2025 2024
£ £
Current Assets
Bank Current Account 48,845 36,584
Bank No 2 Account 45,000 45,000
93,845 81,584
Represented By
General Funds
Balance at 1st August 2024 81,584 72,424
Surplus for the year 12,261 9,160
Balance at 31 July 2025 93,845 81,584
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