## ~~Se~~ Trustees Annual Report 1 Aug 2022-31 Jul 2023-31 Jul 202331 Jul 2023
## Trustees Annual Report 1 Aug 2022-31 Jul 2023-31 Jul 202331 Jul 2023
## Reference and administraton 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||
|Kim McMillan|Chair|
|Steven Green|Treasurer|
|Andrew Howgate|Secretary|
|Susan Green|Setting Manager|
|Cheryl Sear|Committee member|
|Sarah Drayton|Committee member|
## Structure, Governance and Management
Type of governing document: Constitution, adopted 13[th] September 2019 How the charity is constituted: Unincorporated association
Trustee selection methods:
Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Meeting, 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.
Objectves and Actvites
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.
- Providing a sustainable and natural environment for learning and care.
- Developing at udes 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.
- Maintain and nurture relationships with our feeder primary schools.
- 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
Firstly, we must thank all who help and volunteer on our committee, who not only manage the preschool, but they also provide much needed mentoring and support to the full time staff. We must mention the difficulty in recruiting Committee members in this time pressured world and are particularly please that despite losing several long-term Committee members we recruited a new Chair and Secretary.
## Autumn
The chair and treasurer continued negotiations for lease renewal with Lincoln County Council (LCC). A member of staff moved on with the remaining staff picking up the hours.
The term concluded with a festive songs and raffle afternoon attended by parents and carers with mince pies, tea and coffee. The children sang their heart out and with generous donations to the raffle.
## Spring
Child numbers rose during this term providing much needed income. The children were out and about looking at spring flowers and planted our own carrots and spinach.
## Summer
In May we held our AGM where we gained two new trustees to our committee. We set up a new school library for parents and children alike.
The staff continued to take the children out into the community with visits to the park, examining the wildflowers and exploring. In June we held our fun day and tombola for parents/carers and children.
The term concluded with our entry into the Heckington Show where the children’s artwork came a worthy second.
## Fundraising
We have concluded that two quality events per year, based around the children presenting to their family and carers fits better amongst the fundraising heartbeat of our community. This year, we held a festive songs afternoon where we raised £265 and the fun day where we raised £355.
## Financial review
Our main income stream 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 our dwindling reserve funds that have been supporting our substantial increases in costs and wages against insufficient funding levels. Other risks include unpaid fees from parents and staff illness.
Signed on behalf of the Charity’s Trustees;
Signature Steven Green (Electronic Signature)
Full Name Steven Green Position Treasurer Date 08/09/2023
## **Heckington Preschool**
## **Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2023**
|**Current Assets**
Current Account
Deposit Account
Petty Cash
Debtors
**Represented by**
Unrestricted fund|2023
2022
£
£
2,972
3,287
8,882
12,041
652
83
-
431|
|---|---|
||12,506
15,842|
||12,506
15,842|
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**Heckington Preschool**
## **Staement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 July 2023**
||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|**Incoming Resources**|||
|Donations|-|51|
|Additional Voluntary Income|881|616|
||881|667|
|**Activities for Generating Funds**|||
|Incoming from Parents|8,109|16,671|
|Income from Local Authority|60,149|45,048|
|Fundraising Income|620|-|
|Government Job Retention Scheme|-|-|
|Other Income|-|4|
||68,878|61,723|
|**Investement Income**|||
|Bank Interest Received|41|4|
||69,800|62,394|
|**Resources Expended**|||
|Preschool Running Costs|72,705|81,424|
|**(Defcit)/Surplus for Year**|2,905|19,030|
|Unrestricted Fund Balance at 1 Aug 22|15,411|34,872|
|(£431 debt paid)|||
|Total Unrestricted Funds|12,506|15,842|
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**Heckington Preschool**
## **Resources Expended to 31 July 2023**
||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Employee Wages and Salaries|59,514.98|67,510|
|PAYE to HMRC|4,259||
|Employer Pension|2,084.59||
|Water Rates|139.51|150|
|Electricity|1,602.21|1,554|
|Gas & Oil|0.94||
|TeachingResources|19.93|586|
|Entertainment|21.1|63|
|Printing|269.88|466|
|Ofce Stationery|47.81||
|Telephone|541.68|635|
|Internet Charges|197.75||
|Computer & Software|294.48||
|AccountancyFees|420|825|
|Consultancy& Professional Fees|125||
|Business Insurance|797.55||
|Repairs and Maintenance|860.52|3,744|
|Rent||750|
|Cleaning& Hygiene|411.99|645|
|Clothing|4||
|Subscriptions|59.59||
|Refreshments|5.83||
|Snack|251.91||
|Support Grant Vouchers|775|1,305|
|Purchases||1,386|
|Training||1,198|
|Equipment||569|
|Travel Expenses||23|
|FundraisingExpenses||15|
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||72,705|81,424|
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