## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/09/2024 Period start date To 31/08/2025 Period end date Charity name: Scallywags Pre-School Halwill** ## **Charity registration number: 1033643** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the
development and education of children
primarily under statutory school age by
encouraging parents to understand and
provide for the needs of their children through
community groups and by: (a) offering
appropriate play, education and care facilities,
family learning and extended hours groups,
together with the right of parents to take
responsibility for and to become involved in
the activities of such groups, ensuring that such
groups offer opportunities for all children
whatever their race, culture, religion, means or
ability; (b) encouraging the study of the needs
of such children and their families and
promoting public interest in and recognition of
such needs in the local areas; (c) instigating
and adhering to and furthering the aims and
objects of the Pre-school LearningAlliance.| |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|The Charity offered up to 40 hours childcare
and education per week within school term
time between September 2024 and August
2025. The sessions provide Early Years
Foundation Stage education for 2-5 year olds.
Pre-School opened Mondays to Fridays for 6
hours a day, with options to extend to 8 hours
some days. Part day and full day sessions are
available; we try to accommodate all requests
if at all possible. We have an Admissions Policy
which explains how we allocate places if we
should ever be oversubscribed.
We have very close links with the neighbouring
primary school, where most of the children
attending the pre-school will move on to.
Our staff undertake regular statutory and
voluntary training, including Paediatric First Aid
and Safeguarding. We keepupto date with| |||changes in legislation so that we can provide a
relevant service to our users.
As part of our service, we offer help to parents
and support them with any additional needs
their child may have (either known before they
arrive at pre-school or becoming apparent
during their time with us), e.g. liaising with
other professional and health bodies.
We support families by providing information
and links to advice and financial support
services.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have due regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit when allocating funds.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The parents of the children will sometimes
volunteer to assist the staff. In the last year we
accepted 1 young person on a work experience
placement for 1 week.
Committee, parents and staff work closely
together on fundraising activities; this not only
brings in essential additional income, but helps
to build friendships and support networks,
often carried through the later schoolyears.| |Other||N/A| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|Funds from fundraising and donations have
been used towards improving the setting,
special trips, equipment, and experiences (e.g.
end of term trip; sports equipment; IT
equipment etc). We consider carefully how
expenditure and purchase of equipment will
benefit the Charity, in particular the children
who use our services.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|N/A| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|N/A| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|This year the charity made a surplus of
£5,029.15
The bulk of this was from fundraising.
£5000 has been transferred into our general
reserves account where it attracts a higher rate
of interest. This account holds just over
£20,000| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Set reserves are held to cover the sudden,
unexpected closure of the setting to include
staff redundancy payments and any other
outstandingor ongoingliabilities| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£24,310.22| |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|The Charity has healthy reserves and strong
fundraising efforts by the Trustees have built
up good reserves. However without that the
charity would potentially run at a deficit each
year, which would not be sustainable.
We are currently looking into a potential
merger with our local Primary School so that
we can jointly offer places to children from 9
months old – 11 years. The Charity would then
be wound up.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The Charity’s principal source of income is from
Devon County Council Early Years Education
Funding and Two Year Old Funding (subject to
children being eligible).
Families who are not yet entitled to funding, or
those who wish to attend additional hours, will
pay an hourly rate to attend sessions. The
hourly rate is reviewed at least annually, and is
considered carefully (taking into account local
competitors’ rates and running costs).
Additional funds are raised from small, locally
held events throughout the year, such as
donations, money raised from bingo and
sponsored events. We are grateful for the
support of local businesses and organisations
who donate to our funds from time to time.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |||| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Inability to recruit a sufficient number of
Trustees
Inability to recruit sufficient or suitable
employees| |Other||N/A| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||(a)(f) (g) (h) to provide accommodation and
equipment;
(b) to raise money to pay for the Pre-school’s
activities;
(c) to make such payments as shall be
necessary; (d) to fix and collect the fees
payable in respect of children attending groups
run by the Pre school;
(e) subject to adherence with all applicable
legislation, to control the admission of children
to the groups run by the pre-school and if
appropriate, require parents or guardians to
withdraw them;
(f) as a member of the Pre-school Learning
Alliance to send an accredited representative
to vote at local Branch and/or County meetings
and to the national Annual General Meeting of
the Pre-school Learning Alliance;
(g) to borrow money and to charge the whole
or any part of the property of the Pre-school as
security for any money borrowed subject to
complying with the provisions of sections 38
and 39 of the Charities Act 1993 if it is
proposed to mortgage land;
(h) to hire or acquire assets of any kind;
(i) to buy, lease or rent any land or buildings
and to maintain and equip it for the use of the
Pre-school;
(j) to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
any part of the Pre-school’s property subject to
complying with the provisions of sections 36
and 37 of the Charities Act 1993;
(k) to set aside funds for special purposes or as
reserves against future expenditure;
(l) to maintain and pay for membership of the
Pre-school Learning Alliance;
(m) to insure the property and assets of the
Pre-school against any foreseeable risk and to
take out other insurance policies to protect the
Pre-school as required;
(n) to provide indemnity insurance to cover the
liability of the Committee members which by
virtue of any rule of law would otherwise
attach to them in respect of any negligence,
default, breach of trust or breach of duty of
which they may be guilty in relation to the Pre
school provided that any such insurance shall
not extend to any claim arising from any act or
omission which the Committee members knew
to be a breach of trust or breach of duty or
which was committed by the Committee
members in reckless disregard to whether it
was a breach of trust or breach of duty or not
provided also that anysuch insurance shall not| |---|---|---| |||extend to the costs of any unsuccessful
defence to a criminal prosecution brought
against the Committee members in their
capacity as Committee members of the Pre-
school;
(o)to employ such paid and unpaid staff, agents
and advisors as maybe required from time to
time;
(p) to do any other lawful things which are
necessary or desirable to enable the Pre-school
to achieve its aims.| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Incorporated 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|The minimum number of Committee members
shall be 5 and the maximum shall be 12,
together with up to a further 3 co-opted
members. The Committee shall consist of:
(a) a Chair, a Treasurer and a Secretary (“the
Officers”);
(b) and not less than 2 nor more than 9 other
elected Members;
(c) and if the Committee decides it can co-opt
up to 3 further Members on to the Committee
at any time after the AGM.
Not less than 60 per cent of the Committee
members, including co-opted members, shall
at the time of election or co-option be Family
Members. In the event that this 60 per cent
figure cannot be achieved, the Pre-school may
elect Affiliate Members to make up the balance
of the Committee subject to the Affiliate
Members being approved by the Pre-school
Learning Alliance.
Where an individual is elected as a Committee
member it is that individual who is the
Committee member and charity trustee and no
other individual with whom they share Family
Membership or Affiliate Membership shall be
entitled to stand in their place at Committee
meetings or have any other rights as a
Committee member.
(a) The Committee members in 5.2(a) and
5.2(b) shall be elected for one year at the
Annual General Meeting. Retiring Committee
members are eligible for re-election unless
they have already served on the Committee in
any capacity for ten consecutive years.
(b) Co-opted members in 5.2(c) may join at any
time on the invitation of the Committee but
shall retire at the next Annual General
Meeting. No co-opted member shall serve for
more than six consecutive years.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|“Roles & Responsibilities” training provided by
Early Years Alliance is available to new
committee members.
New committee members are given an
information pack, including details of roles and
example calendar of year’s events, activities
and tasks which are required to be done
Trustees are required to undertake
safeguarding training and any other training
relevant to their role, including Fire safety and
Safer Recruiting and to familiarise themselves
with our policies, in particular our Safeguarding
Policy| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Charity is managed by a committee of
volunteer Trustees supported by a part-time
paid Administrator. The running of the Pre-
School is overseen by a full-time Manager,
supported by a Deputy Manager and 4 Early
Years Practitioners| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|We are members of the Early Years Alliance
(formerly Pre-School Learning Alliance) who
offer training and support in respect of all
areas of operating a pre-school
business/charity.
We are registered with Ofsted ref 106369| |Other||N/A| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Scallywags Pre-School, Halwill| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1033643| |Charity’s principal address|Jubilee Suite
Halwill Parish Hall
Halwill Junction
Devon
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Lorna Prickett
Treacy|Chairperson||| ||HayleyPotter|Vice Chairperson||| ||Rebecca Hutton|||| ||Camilla Clifford|Treasurer||| ||StaceyBellamy|Safeguarding||| ||Sarah Gliddon|Secretary||| ||Megan Brooking|||| ||Rebecca Garrard|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
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**Date**|L. Prickett Treacy|P A Channing| |---|---|---| ||Lorna Prickett Treacy|Penelope Channing| ||

Chairperson|Administrator| ||28/12/2025|| ||28/12/2025|| ## **SCALLYWAGS PRE-SCHOOL (HALWILL) ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDING** _31st August 2025_ ||**ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDING**|**ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDING**|**ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDING**|**ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDING**|**ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDING** _31st August 2025_||=
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£||£12,859.95|contributions)|£|88,267.41
£||£73,054.65| |DCC Funding|£|94,861.42
£||£68,785.71|Hall Fees(Halwill Parish Hall)|£|5,128.00
£||£5,359.00| |Fundraising/Donations|£|6,761.94
£||£7,302.02|Utilities(mobile phones & broadband)|£|786.52
£||£842.33| |Bank interest|£|580.46
£||£554.70|Food & Drink|£|793.31
£||£618.81| |Other(including uniform, Coolmilk & Microsoft|||||Consumables(resources, bathroom||||| |refunds & insurance payout)|£|340.63
£||£83.60|supplies, cleaning)|£|667.26
£||£664.41| ||||||Equipment & Buildings(incl toys)|£|2,540.24
£||£3,479.33| ||||||New Flooring (covered outdoor)|£|910.00
£||£5,796.00| ||||||Office admin costs(inc Payroll service)|£|974.61
£||£1,181.75| ||||||Training|£|660.58
£||£416.89| ||||||Other(inc Nappy collection)|£|1,562.19
£||£723.93| ||||||Fundraising expenses|£|1,551.36
£||£1,305.31| ||||||EYA Membership, insurance &||||| ||||||subscriptions(inc EYA, Ofsted, Tapestry||||| |Add tax & pension to wages total|||||& Twinkl)|£|2,002.72
£||£1,138.18| |**TOTAL INCOME:**|||**£**|**110,873.35**
**£**|**TOTAL EXPENDITURE:**|||**£**|**105,844.20**
**£**| |**OPENING BALANCES:**|||||**CLOSING BALANCES**||||| |Bank Account at TSB|£|8,560.99
£|||Bank Account at TSB|£|12,009.68
£||| |Redundancy & Closure Account|£|22,953.93
£|||Redundancy & Closure Account|£|24,310.22
£||| |Reserves Account|£|14,955.83
£|||Reserves Account|£|15,180.00
£||| |Buildings and Equipment Account|£|-
£|||Buildings and Equipment Account|£|-
£||| |Cash in hand (petty cash)|£|20.00
£|||Cash in hand (petty cash)|£|20.00
£||| ||||£|46,490.75
£||||£|51,519.90
£| ||||**£157,364.10**|||||**£157,364.10**|| ||||||Surplus for year 2024-25||||**£5,029.15**| I have prepared the above accounts with the information provided by the committee and certify them to be correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Pennie Channing _Administrator Treasurer_ **----- Start of picture text -----**
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basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(“the Act’).
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have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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