## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/09/2023 To 31/08/2024** ## **Charity name: Jack and Jill Pre-School** ## **Charity registration number: 1034780** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Jack and Jill Pre-School is set up to**
**enhance the learning and development**
**of children under statutory school age.**| |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|**Jack and Jill Provide care and education**
**for children under statutory school age**
**(5 years old). We provide learning and**
**development in accordance with the**
**EYFS statutory framework.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All Trustees are directed to the Charity**
**Commission website to gather more**
**information about joining as a trustee.**
**We have a factsheet about becoming a**
**trustee on our website which refers to**
**the Charity Commission.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |||**N/A**| ||Para 1.38|| |Policy on grant making||| |||**N/A**| ||Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment||| |including program related||| |investment||| |||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All volunteers make time contributions**
**to the pre-school joining in with**
**fundraising activities, attending**
**committee meetings, and supporting**
**staff and management by overseeing**
**decisions and attending staff meetings**
**when requested.**| |Other||| ## **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|**Jack and Jill Pre-School were Ofsted**
**inspected in June 2023 where the**
**provision retained their ‘Good’ rating.**
**general support from Local Authority is**
**still available.**
**All staff attend regular and relevant**
**training from Local Authority to**
**continuously improve on our practice.**
**Numbers on roll is almost at capacity for**
**the ratios, staffing numbers have**
**increased to support with this.**
**Providing high standards of care and**
**education for over 30 years, gaining a**
**good reputation within the community.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Good Ofsted rating. Continued**
**improvement of the provision has meant**
**that number on roll reached capacity –**
**despite the after effects of the pandemic,**
**we have remained balanced due to**
**providing high standards of care and**
**gaining a good reputation within the**
**community.**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Donations and fundraising was used on**
**updating our PE and sports equipment**
**for outdoor play. We provided the**
**children with soft play for their**
**Christmas party. We also purchased a**
**new laptop for admin, meaning that the**
**Pre-School SENCO had her own for own**
**workload.**| |||| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**inancial Review**||| |---|---|---| |||| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Changes to Financial reporting with**
**using sage online accounts last year.**
**Helps to monitor finances on an ongoing**
**basics using a detailed budget planner.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves held at Jack and Jill Pre-**
**School are to enable trustees to pay any**
**statutory redundancy payments or to**
**invest in capital infrastructure.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£17135.74**| |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|**Ongoing worries around the low level of**
**Early Years funding and meeting the**
**cost increases of utilities, salaries, and**
**resources, which is a national issue**
**highlighted greatly by the Early Years**
**Alliance.**| **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|**EEF grant - £127082.30**
**EEF additional funding £3481.00**
**Childcare Fees - £19828.31**
**Additional fees £5062.18**
**Fundraising & donations £2651.21**| |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|**As a relatively small voluntary run**
**nursery we are constantly competing**
**with other provisions in the local area to**
**provide outstanding early years**
**education. The level of funding for Early**
**Years settings is not increasing in line**
**with National Minimum wages and the**
**statutory expectations made of us as an**
**employer, we look forward to seeing this**
**change.**| Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |||| |---|---|---| |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Early Years Alliance Constitution –**
**formally ratified November 2017**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association**| |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|**September 2017 onward – AGM held,**
**parents invited and terms of office for**
**officer positions held.**| **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|**Adopted in September 2017 from EYA –**
**Trustees directed to Early Years Alliance**
**website. Signed up through educare**
**facility for training.**
**Policies are updated annually**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Good relationship between committee**
**and staff of the pre-school. Staff invited**
**to attend non-confidential committee**
**meeting to provide feedback and share**
**ideas to improve. Staff do not have the**
**facility to vote at the meetings (exc. Pre-**
**School Manager) and do not take part in**
**any confidential items.**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** ||| |---|---| |Charity name|Jack and Jill Pre-School| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1034780| |Charity’s principal address|Bewsey Barns Community Centre, Old Hall Road, Old Hall,
Warrington, WA5 9PA| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| |1|Molly Dixon|Treasurer|Jan 2023 - Present|| |2|Kaylea Eves|Pre-School
Manager|December 2022-
Present|| |3|John Richardson|Trustee
Chairperson|Oct 2022 – April
2024
April 2024 - Present|| |4|Anna Moore|Chairperson|June 2023 – March
2024|| |5|Stephanie
Fellows|Trustee|November 2020-
present|| |6|Chloe Pythian|Trustee|November 2022-
present|| |7|Rachel Heale|Secretary|June 2023 –
December 2024|| |8|Sarah Daley|Secretary|Sept 2019 - 2023|| |9|Natalie Singleton|Trustee|November 2023 –
Present|| |10|Jodie Bentley|Trustee|November 2023 –
July 2024|| |11|Emma
Richardson|Trustee|October 2022 -
Present|| |12||||| |13||||| |14||||| |15||||| |16||||| |17||||| |18||||| |19||||| |20||||| – 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 Name Address adviser** **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** M.Dixon **Signature(s)** J.Richardson Molly Dixon **Full name(s)** John Richardson **Position (eg** Chairperson - Current Treasurer - Current **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 26.03.25 31.03.25 ## **Jack & Jills Preschool** ## **Profit and Loss Report** _01 September, 2023 - 31 August, 2024_ |**Sales**||| |---|---|---| |4000 - EEF Funding|127,082.30|| |4001 - Additional Funding|3,481.00|| |4002 - Private Donation|2,300.21|| |4003 - Fundraising|351.00|| |4010 - Private Fees|19,828.31|| |4011 - Snack fees|2,441.18|| |4012 - Activity fees|2,396.00|| |4400 - Late Payment Charges|225.00|| ||**Total Sales**|**£158,105.00**| |**Direct Expenses**||| |5000 - SEND-EYPP-DAF costs|2,127.99|| |5001 - Resources Autumn Term 1|348.61|| |5002 - Resources Autumn Term 2|387.09|| |5003 - Resources Spring Term 1|64.29|| |5004 - Resources Spring Term 2|315.51|| |5005 - Resources Summer Term 1|221.22|| |5006 - Resources Summer Term 2|287.60|| ||**Total Direct Expenses**|**£3,752.31**| ||**GROSS PROFIT / LOSS**|**£154,352.69**| |**Overheads**||| |6000 - Marketing|41.36|| |7000 - Employee Wages and Salaries|113,284.67|| |7030 - Employer's Pension|4,499.54|| |||| 01 Apr 2025 16:39 Page 1 of 2 ## **Jack & Jills Preschool** ## **Balance Sheet Report** _To: 31 August, 2024_ |**ASSETS**|| |---|---| |**Fixed Assets**|| ||| |**Total Fixed Assets**|**£0.00**| |**Current Assets**|| |1100 - Trade Debtors
374.00|| |1210 - Cash
300.00|| |1220 - Barclays Business Account
50,534.21|| |1230 - Barclays Saving Account
17,135.74|| |**Total Current Assets**|**£68,343.95**| ||| |**TOTAL ASSETS**|**£68,343.95**| ||| |**LIABILITIES**|| |**Current Liabilities**|| ||| |**Total Current Liabilities**|**£0.00**| |**Future Liabilities**|| ||| |**Total Future Liabilities**|**£0.00**| ||| |**TOTAL LIABILITIES**|**£0.00**| ||| |**TOTAL NET ASSETS**|**£68,343.95**| ||| 01 Apr 2025 16:40 Page 1 of 2 |**EQUITY**||| |---|---|---| |Net Profit / Loss|68,343.95|| |_Net Profit / Loss (prior year(s))_|53,281.40|| |_Net Profit / Loss (current year)_|15,062.55|| ||**TOTAL EQUITY**|**£68,343.95**| 01 Apr 2025 16:40 Page 2 of 2 |7100 - Rent
9,389.40|| |---|---| |7510 - Private Donation spending
1,341.90|| |7520 - Stationery & Admin
114.51|| |7530 - Telecoms
67.98|| |7550 - Technology
908.84|| |7600 - Licences
2,615.40|| |7610 - Accountancy Fees
1,000.00|| |7630 - Business Insurance
1,442.63|| |7640 - Furniture & Equipment
614.92|| |7800 - Maintenance
402.20|| |7810 - Cleaning
8.00|| |7900 - Bank Charges and Interest
-220.29|| |8200 - Fundraising costs
19.90|| |8210 - Extra-Curricular costs
1,464.61|| |8230 - Training Costs
989.70|| |8240 - Snack costs
1,304.87|| |**Total Overheads**|**£139,290.14**| |**NET PROFIT / LOSS**|**£15,062.55**| 01 Apr 2025 16:39 Page 2 of 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Jack and Jill Pre-School **members of On accounts for the year** 31[st] August 2024 **Charity no** 1034780 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** N/A (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ~~SP~~ I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/08/2022. - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act - of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I 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, I have followed 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 ~~(other than that disclosed below *)~~ in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - 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 order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Date:** 04/04/2025 **Signed:** ~~|~~ **Name:** Debbie Monk, Norbreck Ltd **Relevant professional** MAAT **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 107 Norbreck Close, Great Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 2SJ **October 2018** 1 **IER** ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . N/A **October 2018** 2 **IER**