2024-08-31-accounts - Bradford Abbas Pre-School

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From Period start date To Day 01 Month 09 Year 2023	Period end date Day 31 Month 08 Year 2024

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Bradford Abbas Preschool

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Ben Hewison	Chair	19/7/24 – 31/8/24
Devon Brooke	Chair	19/7/24 – 31/8/24
Charlotte Harrison	Treasurer
Emma Woodcon	Secretary
Alison Powell		19/7/24 – 31/8/24
PatriciaQuigley ~~——~~	Safeguarding ~~——~~	19/7/24 – 31/8/24 ~~——~~	~~——~~
Caroline Cooper ~~——~~	~~——~~	19/7/24 – 31/8/24 ~~——~~	~~——~~
Austin Greenman ~~——~~	~~——~~	19/7/24 – 31/8/24 ~~——~~	~~——~~
Amanda Greenman ~~——~~	~~——~~	19/7/24 – 31/8/24 ~~——~~	~~——~~
Hannah Chapman ~~——~~	~~——~~	~~——~~	~~——~~
KimberlyFeltham ~~a~~	Secretary	19/7/24 – 31/8/24
Mathew Mccormack ~~a~~		19/7/24 – 31/8/24
EmilyTucker ~~a~~	Safeguarding	19/7/24 – 31/8/24

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

~~——~~ Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name Address	Name Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Early Years Alliance Constitution 2011

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Community Charity How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected from Membership Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Complaints handling
Confidentiality
the charity’s organisational Committee members who join the board of Trustees are encouraged to undertake training to support them in their role. Either through Dorset CC
structure and any wider or the Pre-school Learning Alliance.
network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related The pre-school works with a number of partners including the local
parties; authority, local schools and community groups, the Village Hall
trustees’ consideration of Committee, Children Centres and other relevant professionals to further major risks and the system the pre-school aims and objectives. and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups.

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Provide education to 2-4 year olds

Bradford Abbas preschool provides education for children aged between 2-4 years of age. Children government funded and fee payers attend. We ensure children are ready for the next stage in their educational journey, giving them the best start in their early years.

Provides free advice to benefices

We support the children and their families with all aspects of childcare, and development. We offer free parenting advice and support for the whole family.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Support families in deprivation

We accept two year old funding, which enables children who are classed as deprived to access early years education and have their development monitored. We also sign post families to other services which may be beneficial.

Community fundraisers

Our fundraiser events are organised to involve all members of the local community, and support local businesses.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Volunteers play an integral role in the pre-school either through their commitment as trustees, support with fundraising or involvement in the day to day running of the setting.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The pre-school increased its hours from 26 hours to 28 hours by extending the Tuesday Session to finish at 3pm. This took effect from September 2024.

The pre-school provided care and education to a total of 23 children throughout the year.

We have focused on bringing in more of the outside in to encourage knowledge on the environment and using different materials for sensory play.

We currently visit Bradford Abbas primary school and use their outdoor play facilities to give the children another environment to play in and have exercise outdoors.

The committee held events such as, quizzes, hamper raffles online, cake sales and car boot sales raising £2,734.29

At the end of the year, we had 23 children attending.18 of which were in receipt of the early education grant from Dorset CC

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Section E Financial review

The committee are currently formalising a financial policy.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

The pre-schools principal source of funding comes from the Early Education Grant (EEG) for two and three year olds and a few children who are fee payers.

Committee members, staff and parents work hard to raise funds through grants and other local fundraising activities.

how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) C A HARRISON Full name(s) Charlotte Aimee Harrison Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 15/10/24

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Bradford Abbas Preschool Profit And Loss Account For the year ended 31 August 2024

				2024		2023
				£		£
Income	Consumable Contributions	3,972	°		3,315
	Donations	1,252			2,258
	Early Education Grant	47,387			45,367
	Fees	8,145			12,298
	Fundraising	2,734			5,645
	Hot food	436			834
	Interest receivable	53			15
	online charity donations	-			163
	Otheroperating income	10			-
	uniform	92			208
				64,082		70,104
				64,082		70,104
Expenses	Cleaning	(115)			(140)
	DBS	(68)			(98)
	Entertaining	-			(50)
	Equipment expensed	(485)			(1,232)
	First Aid Supplies	(6)			(11)
	Fundraising Expenses	(839)			(1,618)
	Hot Food	(1,117)			(120)
	Insurance	(881)			(829)
	Materials	(402)			(628)
	Postage	-			(5)
	Rent	(6,000)			(5,350)
	Snacks	(280)			(296)
	Software	(234)			(129)
	Staff training&welfare	(207)			(89)
	Stationery and printing	(125)			(106)
	Subscriptions	(160)			(165)
	Telephone and fax	(72)			(72)
	Uniform	(165)			(585)
	Volunteers Reimbursements	-			(10)
	Wages and salaries	(44,456)			(48,906)
	Write offs/discounts	(198)			(110)
				(55,810)		(60,550)
Netprofit				8,271		9,554

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Bradford Abbas Preschool Trial Balance At 31 August 2024

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	Donations		1,252.10
	Early Education Grant		47,386.55
	Fees		8,144.90
	Fundraising		2,734.29
	Hotfood		435.85
	Interest receivable		$3.37
	Other operatingincome		10.00
	uniform		92.00
Expenses	Cleaning		114.95
	DBS		68.00
	Equipment expensed		485.32
	FirstAid Supplies		3.81
	Fundraising Expenses		839.35
	HotFood		1,116.90
	Insurance		881.11
	Materials		402.18
	Rent		6,000.00
	Snacks		280.13
	Software		234.08
	Stafftraining& welfare		206.75
	Stationery and printing		125.01
	Subscriptions		159.88
	Telephone and fax		72.00
	Uniform		164.89
	Wages and salaries		44,456.28
	Write offs/discounts		197.54
Customers	Aaron Batchelor		102.20
	Addison Jones		23.10
	Aubrie Horton		115.20
	Bonnie Birkett		27.78
	ChanelleLegg		26.40
	Connie Greenman		28.05
	Dexter Theobald		22.80
	Eleanor Marriott		1.10
	Evie Chapman		3.30
	Freddie Browncey		1.20
	Hudson Ford		1.10
	JacobGuppy		6.60
	Lenny Westlake		48.45
	RubyLegg		26.40
Bank	Cash inhand		16.19
	Contingency Account		8,000.00
	Fundraising Account		4,613.66
	Fundraising petty cash/float		161.22
	Petty cash		76.84
	Treasurers Account	;	2,463.24
Creditors	PAYEandNI		5,383.85
	Pensions		4,005.18
	Sundry		16.07

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PO ; ae pu CHARITY COMMISSION | Independent examiner's report on the (3%) _ FOR ENGLAND AND WALES accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of Bradford Abbas Preschool On accounts for the year | 31°t August 2024 Charity no | 1034670 ended (if any) | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (‘the Trust”) for the year ended 3\ jo 8/202 Responsibilties and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). | report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed ail the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent [The-charity’s gross income exceeded £256,000 and am_qualifiedteexaminer's statement applicabletisted body]. Delete [ ] if not applicable.

| have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or e the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or e the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. | 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.

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