## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |||||||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||ofthe purposes of||||Para 1.17|The purpose
of Leigh Lollipops
Pre-School|| |the charity|||as set|out|in its||Nursery|is to provide a happy
and
caring| |governing|||document||||learning|environment
for children aged from| ||||||||2 to 5|years
old,
in which
every
child
is| ||||||||supported
and
encouraged
through
their|| ||||||||learning|journey
to develop
to their
full| ||||||||potential.|| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||||Para 1.17and
1.18|The aims ofthe prs-school ss documented
in the consetution
document
are to enhance|| |purposes||forthe public|||||the development
and education
of children|| |benefit,|in||particular,||the||primarily|under
statutory
school
age
by| |activities,||projects||or|||encouraging
parents
to
understand
snd|| |services||identified||in|the||provide|for the
needs
of their
children| |accounts.|||||||through|community
groups and by:| ||||||||a)|offering
appropriate
play, education| |||||||||and
care facilities,
family
learning| |||||||||snd
extended
hours
groups,| |||||||||together
with the right of parents
to| |||||||||take responsibility
for end to become| |||||||||involved
in
the
activities
of such| |||||||||groups,
ensuring
that
such
groups| |||||||||offer
opportunities
for
all
children,| |||||||||whatever
their race, culture,
religion,| |||||||||means and ability;| ||||||||b)|encouraging
the study of the needs| |||||||||of such
children
and
their
families| |||||||||and promoting
public interest
in snd| |||||||||recognition ofsuch needs in the local| |||||||||areas| ||||||||c)|instigating
and
adhering
to
and| |||||||||furthering
the aims and objectives of| |||||||||the Pre-school Learning
Alliance.| |Statement|confirming|Para 1.18|Leigh Lollipops Nursery has continued to|Leigh Lollipops Nursery has continued to| |---|---|---|---|---| |whether the trustees have|||provide
not-for-profit
childcare|to pre-school| |had regard|to the guidance||children
in the local area. This|means that| |issued by|the Charity||profits made from the charity's|activities go| |Commission
on public|||back into the Nursery to purchase
or|| |benefit|||update equipment.
During this|academic| ||||ear we
urchased some|| ## |||||SORP reference|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Not applicable.||||||||| |||||Para 1.38|||||||||| |Policy on|grant making||||||||||||| ||||||Not applicable.||||||||| |||||Panl 1.38|||||||||| |Policy on|social investment||||||||||||| |including|program||related||||||||||| |investment|||||||||||||| ||||||Leigh Lollipops Nursery||||is run by||avolunteer||| |||||Para 1.38|committee,
made||up||mostly||of parents/||| |Contribution||made|by||carers.||||||||| |volunteers|||||||||||||| ||||||The overall management|||||and control|||ofthe| ||||||Nursery
will rest|with the|||individual|||members|| ||||||of the
Nursery's||management|||||committee|| ||||||("the
committee"||).|As||well||as|being| ||||||responsible
for|the||management|||||of the| ||||||Nursery
the Committee|||||members||are also|| ||||||the charity trustees||of|the||Nursery.|||| ||||||The Committee|is|elected every||||year||at the| ||||||AGM; there
is|a|Chairperson,|||||Secretary,|| ||||||Treasurer
and|a|maximum
of||||eight||other| ||||||elected members.||||||||| |Other|||||Not applicable.||||||||| ## ||||||||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||This year was a challenging
one for the|| |||||||||Nursery
with lower occupancy rates than|| |Summary
of
achievements|||the main
ofthe charity,||||Para 120|the previous year. The impact ofCOVID-19
also meant the nursery was unable to open|| |identifying||the||difference||the||during the Summer term.|| |charity's|work|||has|made|to|||| |the circumstances|||||of its|||It remains a challenging
environment
for|| |beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.||||||||small independent
nurseries
in general, as
government
subsidies do not adequately
compensate
for the cost of providing
"free"|| |||||||||childcare.|| |||||||||We have adapted
our business
model to|| |||||||||consolidate
our care into 3days of the|| |||||||||week now and expect to move to a|| |||||||||profitable
position again next year and to|| |||||||||build back the reserves.|| |Additional||information||||(optional)|||| |You ma|choose to||||include further statements|||where relevant about:|| |||||||||Detailed above.|| |Achievements||||against|||Para 1.41||| |objectives||set|||||||| |||||||||Net fundraising
was down
on the previous|| |||||||||year.
This was due to a combination|of| |Performance
offundraising
activities against objectives
set|||||||Para 141|having fewer children and soour fundraising
efforts
were
targeting
the same
pool
of
parents,
which
is harder.
Also, COVID-19|| |||||||||meant
that we could
not run the Summer|| |||||||||fundraisers
which
usually
bring
in a large|| |||||||||ro
rtion ofour total fundraisin
rofits.|| |||||||||Not applicable.|| |Investment|||performance||||Para 1.41||| |against|objectives||||||||| |||||||||Not applicable.|| |Other|||||||||| ## |Review|of|the chaitty's|the chaitty's|the chaitty's|the chaitty's|||Pars 1.21||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |financial|position at||||the|end||||||||| |ofthe|eriod|||||||||||||| |Statement||explaining|||the|||Para 1.22|The reserves we hold are the profits ofthe|||||| |policy for holding reserves|||||||||Nursery|from previous years.|||Due to the|| |stating|why||they are||held||||fluctuating||nature ofchildren||numbers|and| ||||||||||occupancy||rates from year to year, we|||| ||||||||||keep these||reserves|as a buffer to cover||| ||||||||||unexpected||losses,|we also use them to||| ||||||||||cover our cost ofwind-up
should the|||||| ||||||||||Nursery|be|forced toclose.|||| |Amount|of|reserves|||held|||Para 1.22|224,120|||||| |Reasons for holding|||||zero|||Psl8 1.22|Not applicable.|||||| |reserves||||||||||||||| |Details|offund materially||||||in|Para 1.24|Not applicable.|||||| |deficit||||||||||||||| |Explanation|||ofany|||||Psl8 1.23|Not applicable.|||||| |uncertainties|||about the|||||||||||| |charity|continuing|||as a going||||||||||| |concern||||||||||||||| |Additional||information||||(optional)||||||||| |You ma|choose to|||include|||further statements||where relevant about:|||||| ||||||||||Not applicable.|||||| |The charity's|||principal|||||||||||| |sources|of|funds (including||||||||||||| |any fundraising)||||||||Pars 1.47||||||| ||||||||||Not applicable.|||||| |Investment|||policy|and||||||||||| |objectives including
any
social investment
policy||||||||Pars 1.46||||||| |adopted||||||||||||||| |A description|||ofthe||principal||||The principal
1'isks facing the||||charity are as|| |risks facing|||the charity||||||follows:|||||| |||||||||Para 1.46||||||| ||||||||||1.|child occupancy rates|||below a level|| |||||||||||that|can support our fixed costs|||| ||||||||||2.|government||funding for childcare||| |||||||||||being below||the cost ofproviding||| |||||||||||the|care|||| ||||||||||3.|loss|ofa key|member|ofstaff|| ||||||||||4.|withdrawal
ofthe contract to rent||||| |||||||||||our|premises|from the|Leigh Village|| |||||||||||Hall||||| ||||||||||5.|loss|of reputation|||| ||||||||||e.|a downgrade||from Ofsted||| ## |Description||ofcharity's|ofcharity's|ofcharity's||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |tnists:||||||| |Type ofgoverning
document
(trust deed, ro ai charter)
How isthe chadity|||||Para 1.25|Constitution
Unincorporated
Association| |constitutedy||||||| |ie.a unmcorporatea||||||| |association.
CIOI
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 overall management
and control ofthe
Pre-school
will
rest
with
the
individual
members
of the Pre-school's
management
committee
("the Committee" ). As well as
being
responsible
for the management
of
the Pre-school the Committee
members are
also the charity trustees ofthe Preschool.| |||||||The
minimum
number
of
Committee| |||||||members
shall be 5and 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"); and| |||||||(b) not less than 2 nor more than 9 other| |||||||elected Members;
and| |||||||(c) ifthe Committee decides itcan co-opt up
to3further Members on tothe Committee at| |||||||any time alter the AGM.| |||||||blot less than 60 per cent ofthe Committee| |||||||members,
including
co-opted
members,
shall at the time ofelection or co-option be| |||||||Family Members.
In the event that this 60
per cent figure cannot be achieved, the Pre-
school mey elect Affiliate Members to maKe
up the balance ofthe 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
chary| |||||||trustee
and no other
individual
with
whom| |||||||they share
Family
Membership
or Affiliate
Membership
shall be entitled to stand in their
place at Committaa
meetings
or have any
other rights asa Committee
member.| |||||||Retiring Committee
members are eligible for
re-election
unless they have already served| |||||||on the Committee
in any capacity
for ten| |||||||consecutive
ears| |Co-opted members
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 sixconsecutive years.| |In the event ofthe death or resignation
ofan| |elected
Committee
member,
the vacancy| |shall be filled
until the next Annual
General| |Meeting
by a Family Member or an Affiliate| |Member appointed
by the Committee.| |All Committee
members
will have one vote| |each at Committee
meetings.
In the event of| |a tie the
Chair of the
Committee
has a| |second or casting vote.| |A quorum
for Committee
meetings
is not| |less than half the Committee,
including
any| |two ofthe Officers.| |All Members
shall be eligible to stand
for| |election to the Committee,
except ordinarily| |a Member
who is a paid employee
of the| |Pre-school.
A
Member
who
is
a
paid| |employee
of the Pre-school
may
however| |be eligible
for election
to the
Committee| |subject
to the
following
conditions
being| |satisfied:| |a) No Committee
member
may be paid for| |services
provided
to the
Pre-school
that| |form
part of their duties
as a Committee| |member and trustee ofthe Pre-school;| |b) Any services
which
are provided
by a| |Member who isa paid employee to the Pre-| |school
must
be the subject
of a written| |agreement
between
the individual
and the| |Pre-school on such terms as are considered| |by the Committee to be in the interests ofthe| |Pre-school
and have been approved
by a| |resolution
ofthe Committee;| |matters
concerning
any
such
agreement| |---| |relating to the provision
of their services to| |the
Pre-school
is
considered
by
the| |Committee.| |Not less than two weeks before the date of| |the next Annual General Meeting ofthe Pre-| |school
at
which
the
election
of elected| |Committee
members
will take place each| |Member
shall
be sent a form
which
any| |Member wishing to stand as a candidate
for| |election
to the Committee
must
complete| |and return to the Secretary to indicate their| |willingness
to act as a
member
of the| |Committee
ifelected.| |At
the
Annual
General
Meeting
the| |prospective
new
elected
members
of the| |Committee
will
be
those
candidates| |receiving
the highest
number ofvotes from| |the
Members,
up to a
maximum
of 12| |elected
Committee
members
in
total.| |Candidates
will
need
to
notify
their| |willingness
to stand on the Committee tothe| |Secretary.| |At the first Committee
meeting
following
the| |Annual
General Meeting at which the newly| |elected
members
of the
Committee
are| |elected
they
shall
choose
from
amongst| |their number
the members
who
will act as| |Chair, Treasurer
and Secretary.| |The term ofoffice ofany Committee member| |will automatically
cease:| |(a)
if he or she
is not re-elected
or re-| |appointed
in accordance
with the provisions| |ofthis clause;| |(b)
if
they
are
disqualified
under
the| |Charwes
Acts
from
acting
as a charity| |trustee;| |(c) ifthey are incapable whether
mentally
or| |physically
of managing
his
or
her
own| |affairs;| |(d) ifthey resign (but only ifat least 6 other| |elected
members
of the
Committee
will| |remain
in office);| |(e) if they are removed
from the Committee
by a resolution
passed
by a majodity ofthe| |members
ofthe Committee
on the grounds| |that they have acted in a way which
brings| |or is
likel
to
brin
the
Pre-school
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