## **Trustees Annual Report 2021-2022** ## Reference and administration details Name of Charity Heckington Preschool Registration number 1035549 Address Heckington Preschool, Howell Road, Heckington, Sleaford NG34 9RX ## Names and roles of Trustees who manage the charity Steven Green Chair Rotation Basis Secretary Sheila Hetherington Treasurer Susan Berry Setting Manager Cheryl Sear Committee member Farah Reder Committee member Molly Obundu Committee member Sarah Drayton Committee member ## Structure, Governance and Management Type of governing document: Constitution, adopted 13[th] September2019 How the charity is constituted: Unincorporated association Trustee selection methods: Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting in October, up to three further members can be co-opted throughout the year as required. The Committee shall be made up of a minimum number of and 4 and maximum number of 12 members. ## Additional governance information: Membership of the management committee is open to those who are over 16 years of age and are qualified according to the Charities Acts. The trustees are responsible for the overall management of the preschool and are also charity trustees of the preschool. There is a child protection policy in place, all trustees must undergo a DBS check and complete an EY2 form prior to commencement of Trusteeship. All trustees give their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or other benefits. ## Objectives and Activities Heckington Preschool is an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ setting with a catchment area extending beyond the local villages towards the towns of Sleaford and Boston. We are a ‘High-Scope’ setting where active learning and independence are promoted. Our aim is to ensure all our children can thrive during and after the transition to school, being resilient, confident and independent individuals. The following objectives all contribute to achieving this aim. - Developing attitudes and behaviours that encourage children to become ‘active learners’ who can plan and carry out activities. - Providing opportunities for children to decide what they want to do, allowing them to think through actions and as the child matures turn this into a plan with a defined sequence of steps. - Encourage the personal, social and emotional development of the individual. - Support communication and language development, providing additional one to one support or small group interventions for those with additional speech and language requirements. - Ensuring all children understand the world, and the basics of literacy and mathematics. - Providing education and signposting to parents to help them to continue to support their child’s development away from the setting. - To provide all children with the opportunity to express themselves through a variety of art forms. - Ensuring that all children have equal opportunity to thrive by supporting vulnerable families, particularly those in receipt of the pupil premium and two-year-old funding. - In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our Trustee meetings. These activities benefit the children their self-confidence, social skills preparing them for school. ## Achievements and Performance ## _Autumn_ The staff stepped up to the plate at the start of this term, with many taking extra hours to cover the leaving of a very experienced member of staff at the end of the previous school year. The management team worked tirelessly to rearrange staffing and ensuring child/practitioner ratios suited the blend of children. The chair and treasurer entered preliminary negotiations for lease renewal with Lincoln County Council (LCC), initially to understand what documentation and planning was required. The term concluded with a Christmas nativity attended by parents with mince pies, refreshments and fun. ## _Spring_ This term started badly with the total failure of our gas heating boiler, which was subsequently condemned by the facilities maintenance company. An emergency decision was made to purchase a new electrical boiler that better fitted with how our utility costs are calculated and looked to the future with likely increases in gas costs in general along with the environmental benefits of electric. To add to our financial issues, the outside awning required repair following strong winds. Fortunately, we found a marquee company in the local area that professionally repaired at a reasonable cost. This allowed the facility to be much better utilised for the children with a covered area that can be zipped open to the outside area. ## _Summer_ In May a meeting was held between the school next door, LCC and our chair and treasurer to discuss the lease renewal and the lease document detail. This proved to be a most fruitful meeting with subsequent submitted business plans resulting in the continuation of the peppercorn rent for the next leases. The staff continued to take the children out into the community with visits to the local coop and pop in café, but unfortunately our long-established links with the local care home are still not restored with visits by the children still considered a risk to many of the residents. This is a considerable loss to our community engagement and for both residents and children. ## _Fundraising_ This year, we held a Christmas Nativity where we sold festive snow globes with the faces of our children, though attendance was very low with the spectre of COVID understandably affecting the thinking of grandparent and parent/carer alike. The parents/carers understandable unwillingness to fully engage really affected our fundraising efforts and coupled with low child numbers set our finances back from our usual modest levels. We hope to start our fundraising efforts off a new next school year. ## Financial review Our main source of funds is from Early Years Entitlement Funding, we also benefit from additional Pupil Premium and Inclusion Funding for specific individuals. Our main financial outgoings are staff wages, utilities and maintenance costs. Our biggest risks are unpaid fees from parents and staff illness. 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