## ## ## ## ||||||RPreference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary
ofthe purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing
document|||||Para 1.17|The purpose of Leigh Lollipops
Nursery
isto
provide
a
happy
and
caring
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 totheir full potential.| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those|||Para 1.17and
1.19|The aims of the Preschool as documented
in the constitution
document are to enhance| |purposes||forthe public||||the development
and education
of children| |benefit,
in particular,
activities, projects or
services identified
in||||the
the||pdimarily
under
statutory
school
age
by
encouraging
parents
to
understand
and
provide
for
the
needs
of
their
children| |accounts.||||||through
community
groups and by:| |||||||a)
offering
appropriate
play, education| |||||||and
care facilities,
family
learning| |||||||and
extended
hours
groups,| |||||||together
with the dight of parents
to| |||||||take responsibility
for and tobecome| |||||||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 and| |||||||recognition ofsuch needs in the local| |||||||areas| |||||||c)
instigating
and
adhering
to
and| |||||||furthering
the aims and objectives of| |||||||the Preschool
Learning
Alliance.| |Statement
confirming
whether the trustees
have
had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Leigh
Lollipops
Nursery
has
continued
to
provide
not-for-profit
childcare to preschool
children
in the local area. This means
that
profits made from the charity's
activities go
back into the Nursery to purchase
or update
e ui ment.| |---|---|---| ## |You ma|choose to|choose to|choose to|include|further statements|where relevant about:|where relevant about:|where relevant about:|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||SORP reference||||||||| |||||||Not applicable.|||||||| ||||||Para 1.38||||||||| |Policy on||grant making|||||||||||| |||||||Not applicable.|||||||| ||||||Para 1.38||||||||| |Policy on||social investment|||||||||||| |including||program||related|||||||||| |investment|||||||||||||| |Contribution|||made|by|Para 1.38|Leigh Lollipops
Nursery
committee,
made
up
carers.|||is run by
mostly||a
of|volunteer
parents/|| |volunteers|||||||||||||| |||||||The overall management||||and control|||of the| |||||||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||ofthe||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|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||It remains
a challenging|environment
for|| |||||||small
independent
nurseries
in general,
as||| |Summary
of
achievements|||the main
ofthe charity,||Para 1.20|government
subsidies
do not
adequately
compensate
for the cost of providing
"free"
childcare whilst expanding
the scheme.||| |identifying||the difference the||||||| |charity's work has made to
the circumstances
of its||||||Additionally,
inflation
throughout
the
year|rose
causing|steadily
upward| |beneficiaries|||and any wider|||pressure
on supply prices.||| |benefits|to|society asa||||||| |whole.||||||The cost of living crisis has meant||there
is| |||||||additional
pressure
on|parents'|finances| |||||||meaning
some are doing|reduced|sessions| |||||||or keeping
their children|at home|until they| |||||||are
the
age
for free|childcare|or
the| |||||||government's
expansion|of the subsidised|| |||||||care begins.||| |||||||The Nursery continues to|offer care over a4|| |||||||day week. Providing experienced staff and a||| |||||||varied arra
of activities.||| |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 lower|than the|previous| |||||||years
as
lower
children|numbers|meant| |Performance
of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|||||Para 1.41|there
were less
people
to fundraise
and
fundraise
from and there was more apathy
from parents
in contributing
time to these||| |||||||events.||| |||||||Not applicable.||| |Investment||performance|||Para 1.41|||| |against objectives||||||||| |Other||||||Not applicable.||| ## |Review of|the charity's|the charity's|the charity's|||Para 1.21||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |financial
position||at the||end||||||||||||| |ofthe
eriod||||||||||||||||| |Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves||||||Para 1.22|The reserves
we hold
Nursery
from
previous|||||are the profits of
years.
Due to||||the
the| |stating
why they||are held|||||fluctuating
nature||of||children
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|of||wind-up||should|||the| ||||||||Nursery|beforced|to||close.|||||| |Amount of|reserves held|||||Para 1.22|f20,423|||||||||| |Reasons for holding zero||||||Para 1.22|Not applicable.|||||||||| |reserves||||||||||||||||| |Details of fund materially|||||in|ara|Not applicable.|||||||||| |deficit||||||||||||||||| |Explanation|of any|||||Para 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 offunds
any fundraising)||(including||||Para 1.47||||||||||| ||||||||Not applicable.|||||||||| |investment|policy and|||||||||||||||| |objectives including
any
social investment
policy||||||Para 1.46||||||||||| |adopted||||||||||||||||| |A description
ofthe principal|||||||The principal
risks facing the charity are|||||||||as| |risks facing the charity|||||||follows:|||||||||| |||||||Para 1A6||||||||||| ||||||||1.|child occupancy||||rates below a level||||| |||||||||that can support||||our fixed||costs||| ||||||||2.|government||funding for childcare||||||| |||||||||being below||the||cost of providing||||| |||||||||the care||||||||| ||||||||3.
4.|loss ofa key member of
withdrawal
ofthe contract|||||staff
to rent|||| |||||||||our premises||from the Leigh Village||||||| |||||||||Hall||||||||| ||||||||5.|loss of reputation||||||||| ||||||||6.|a downgrade||from Ofsted||||||| ## |Description|Description||of charity's|of charity's||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:||||||| |Type of governing||||document|Para 125|Constitution| |{trust deed.|||ro al|charter||| |How is the|||chadity||Para 1.25|Unincorporated
Association| |constituted?||||||| |{e.g unincorporated||||||| |association,|||CIO)|||| |Trustee selection||||methods|Para 1.25|The overall management
and control ofthe| |including|details of any|||||Preschool
will
rest
with
the
individual| |constitutional|||provisions e.g.|||members
of the Preschool's
management| |election to
any person||post or name of
or body entitled||||committee
("the Committee" ). As
well as
being
responsible
for the management
cf| |to appoint||one or more||||the Preschool
the Committee
members
are| |trustees||||||also the charity trustees ofthe Preschool.| |||||||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");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 to the Committee at| |||||||any time after the AGM.| |||||||Not less than 60 per cent ofthe 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| |||||||Preschool
may elect Affiliate
Members
to| |||||||make
up
the
balance
of the
Committee| |||||||subject
to
the
Affiliate
Members
being| |||||||approved
by
the
Preschool
Learning| |||||||Alliance.| |||||||Where
an
individual
is
elected
as
a| |||||||Committee
member
it is that individual
who| |||||||is
the
Committee
member
and
charity
trustee
end no other
individual
with
whom| |||||||they share
Family
Membership
or Affiliate| |||||||Membership
shall be entitled tostand
in their| |||||||place at Committee
meetings
or have any| |||||||other rights as a Committee
member.| |||||||Retiring Committee members are eligible for| |||||||re-election
unless the
have alread
served| |on the Committee
in any capacity for ten| |---| |consecutive years.| |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 six consecutive 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 AffiTiats| |Member appointed
by the Committee.| |All Committee
members
will have one vote| |each at Committee meetings.
Inthe 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
fcr| |election to the Committee,
except ordinarily| |a Member who is a paid
employee
of the| |Preschool.
A
Member
who
is
a
paid| |employee ofthe Preschool may however be| |eligible forelection tothe Committee subject| |to the following
conditions
being satisfied:| |a) No Committee
member
may be paid fcr| |services provided tothe Preschool that fam| |part oftheir duties asa Committee member| |and trustee ofthe Preschool;| |b) Any services
which
are provided
by a| |Member
who
is a paid
employee
to the| |Preschool
must be the subject ofa written| |agreement
between
the
individual
and the| |Preschool on such terms as are considered| |by the Committeeto
be in the interests ofthe| |Preschool
and
have been
approved
by a| |resolution
ofthe Committee;| |c)The amount ofthe remuneration
forsuch| |services
are
what
is
reasonable
in
the| |circumstances
and
do
not
exceed
the| |amount
that
is
customarily
paid
by
the| |Preschool
to other
persons
who
are
not| |Committee members for such services; and| |d) Not more than a minority
of Committee| |members
may at any time be the subject of| |such arrangements
with the Preschool
and| |no such Committee
members
shall vote on| |orsit in any Committee meeting at which any| |---| |matters
concerning
any
such
agreement| |relating
to the provision
of their services to| |the
Preschool
is
considered
by
the| |Committee.| |Not less than two weeks before the date of| |the
next
Annual
General
Meeting
of the| |Preschool
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
if elected.| |At
the
Annual
General
Meeting,
the| |prospective
new elected
members
of the| |Committee
will
be
those
candidates| |receiving
the highest
number
of votes 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 to the| |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| |of this clause;| |(b)
if
they
are
disqualified
under
the| |Charities
Acts
from
acting
as a
charity| |trustee;| |(c) if they are incapable whether
mentally
or| |physically
of
managing
his
or her
own| |affairs;| |(d) if they resign
(but only if at least 5other| |elected
members
of the
Committee
will| |remain
in office);| |(e) if they are removed from the Committee| |by a resolution
passed
by a majority of the| |members
of the Committee
on the grounds
that the
have acted
in a wa
which
brin s| |You ma
cho|ose to include fu|rther statement|s
where relevant| |---|---|---|---| ||||Not applicable.| |Policies and|procedures||| |adopted for the induction||Para 1.51|| |and training
oftrustees|||| ||||Not applicable.| |The charity's|organisational||| |structure
and|any wider|Para 1.51|| |network
with|which the||| |charity works|||| ||||Not applicable.| |Relationship|with any|Pars 1.51|| |related parties|||| |Other|||Not applicable.| ## ## |Chari|name|||Lei h Lolli|s Nurse| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name the charit|||uses|Not a
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ifan|| ||Amy Lowry|Nursery|Manager||||| ||Adele Turner|Treasurer|||||| ||Eve Waddingham|Trustee|||||| |4|||||||| |5|||||||| |6|||||||| |7|||||||| |8|||||||| |9|||||||| |10|||||||| ## ## ## ## ## ##