## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/SEP/2021 To 31/AUG/2022**
**Charity name:** Whimple Preschool and Toddler Group
**Charity registration number: 1035316**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
itsgoverningdocument|Para 1.17|To enhance the development and
education of children primarily under
statutoryschool 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|The pre-school is a body in membership of
the Pre-school Learning Alliance
Aims and Objectives
1. To offer high quality care of young
children.
2. To enhance the development and
education of children under statutory
school age in a parent involving
community-basedgroup.
3. To learn through a carefully planned play
programme.
4. To provide a safe secure and stimulating
environment.
5. To work within a framework which
ensures equality of opportunity for
all children and families.
6. To provide continuity from the pre-
school to school settings with joint
initiatives.
7. Offer good staff ratios, especially those
attending for extended hours.
These are communicated to all parents and
staff and reviewed at least
annually, normally at the AGM.
We Offer Your Child A specially tailored
curriculum covering the Early
Learning Goals leading to:
1. Foundation Stage 1.
2. Individual care and attention made
possible bya high ratio of adults to|
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3. Fun and friendship with children and
other adults.
4. The support of a personal keyworker.
5. Opportunities for you and your family to
be directly involved in the
activities of the group and in your own
child's progress.
In the 2 terms before starting primary
school the children have a chance
for a shared learning experience with the
school and reception class.
Local support from the village community
and local groups within a
familiar setting.|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|I confirm that the trustees have had ‘due
regard’ to the Charity Commission’s
guidance at all relevant times|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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|A big thanks must go to Jo Sibley and her
amazing team for expertly providing a safe
and nurturing educational environment for
our children over the past year.
Outgoing this year is Deputy Chair Aidan
Doherty, and General Member Jane
Doherty and we thank them for all their
hard work over the years in committee
duties.
Our treasurer Mark Hastie will look to do a
phased step down and handover to the new
treasurer within the next year and I thank
him for his work in the treasurer role thus
far.
Our efforts in making the preschool
financially sustainable are on course, with
the accounts showing a degree of stability
when compared to the previous years. I still
feel that the inability to open on a Thursday
puts us in a financially vulnerable position,
and I will publicly comment that the Village
Hall committee needs to consider moving
the slots of the Thursday afternoon group to
after preschool times which would allow us
to open on a Thursday. It would also be in
their interest financially as it will increase
their rental income and help support their
own fundraising efforts for a village hall
extension.
Fundraising has done well this year with our
most successful Quiz & Curry evening ever.
The
prize/promise
auction
raised
a
significant amount of money and we hope
to top this in January 2023. A great big thank
you to commercial support from The Thirsty
Farmer for all their help with
I finally would like to finish by saying thank
you to all the committee members for their
hard work and I look optimistically towards
the next academicyear.|
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Para 1.41
Achievements against objectives set Performance of Para 1.41 fundraising activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|End the year with profit of £2794.55
Significantly more stable position than
previous years|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserve held for statutory redundancy
pay for staff in the event of preschool
closure.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£55,329.05|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially
in deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and Para 1.46 objectives including any social investment policy adopted A description of the Para 1.46 principal risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|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|**Trust**|
|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|**Elected at AGM**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name Whimple Preschool and Toddler Group Other name the charity uses Registered charity number **1035316**
|Charity’s principal address|Whimple Victory Hall,
School Hill
Whimple
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||James Garwood|Chair|||
||Aidan Doherty|Vice-Chair|||
||Sophie Lawson|Safeguarding|||
||Mark Hastie|Treasurer|||
||Sarah Butler|Secretary|||
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## – 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**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** James Garwood **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairperson **Chair, etc) Date** 1/Sep/2022
## Whimple Preschool Playgroup
## Balance Sheet
As of August 31, 2022
||TOTAL|
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|Fixed Asset||
|Tangible assets||
|Longlife Equipment|424.43|
|Machinery and equipment|374.95|
|**Total Tangible assets**|**£799.38**|
|**Total Fixed Asset**|**£799.38**|
|Cash at bank and in hand||
|Santander Bank Account|38,287.60|
|Santander Contingency|15,146.23|
|Santander Fundraising|1,895.22|
|**Total Cash at bank and in hand**|**£55,329.05**|
|Debtors||
|Debtors|370.67|
|**Total Debtors**|**£370.67**|
|Current Assets||
|Undeposited Funds|0.00|
|**Total Current Assets**|**£0.00**|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|**£55,699.72**|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)|**£55,699.72**|
|TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES|**£56,499.10**|
|TOTAL NET ASSETS (LIABILITIES)|**£56,499.10**|
|Charity funds||
|Opening Balance Equity|14,190.98|
|Retained Earnings|39,513.57|
|Surplus/(Deficit)|2,794.55|
|**Total Charity funds**|**£56,499.10**|
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## Whimple Preschool Playgroup
## Financial Activities
September 2021 - August 2022
||TOTAL|
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|Income||
|EYP|37,988.98|
|Fees|9,465.55|
|Fund Raising|2,722.96|
|Other|2,778.60|
|Sales of Product Income|140.75|
|**Total Income**|**£53,096.84**|
|TOTAL|**£53,096.84**|
|Expenditures||
|Administration|919.07|
|Hall Hire - Preschool|5,187.92|
|HMRC|3,481.37|
|Materials/Consumables|2,820.37|
|Repair and maintenance|1,376.00|
|Training|592.20|
|Trip Expenditure|110.00|
|Wages|33,676.73|
|Pension Contributions|2,141.12|
|**Total Wages**|**35,817.85**|
|**Total Expenditures**|**£50,304.78**|
|NET OPERATING INCOME|**£2,792.06**|
|Other Income||
|Interest|2.49|
|**Total Other Income**|**£2.49**|
|NET OTHER INCOME|**£2.49**|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|**£2,794.55**|
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