## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2022 Period start date To 31[st] March 2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Somercotes Stars Pre-school** ## **Charity registration number: 1035651** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|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.| |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|Provision of a facility to assist and enable
development and education for preschool
children for the village of North Somercotes
and surrounding areas and to provide
afterschool and holiday club facilities up to
the age of 11.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The charities trustees have produced this
document following the guidance set out in
the SORP.| ## **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 N/A Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers N/A Other ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference Providing childcare for a rural area and supporting families within the community to provide for their children’s needs. Summary of the main Para 1.20 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. ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
N/A| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|N/A| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Financial situation remains stable| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves held to enable the charity some
resilience against income and outgoing
changes, including changing service user
numbers and staff increase costs.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£10000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Covid Crisis Loan| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Staff costs continue to rise with escalating
minimum wage amounts.
Service user numbers are due to drop due
to lower numbers of children in the area we
operate.
Funding not increasing inline with operating
cost increases.| ## **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|
Local Authority Early Years Entitlement
Funding.
Service user fees.| |---|---|---| |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|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||Voluntary leadership committee| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution adopted 21 October 1993 and
amended on 10thApril 2018| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated| |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|Trustees volunteer and are vetted for
suitability by Ofsted and DBS.
Positions in the trustee committee are
appointed by election.| ## **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|
Safeguarding
Staffing and Employment
Confidentiality
Aims and Objectives
Fire and Evacuation policy| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|N/A| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Somercotes Stars Pre-school| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1035651| |Charity’s principal address|School Lane
North Somercotes
Louth
Lincolnshire
LN11 7QB| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Robert Weller|||| ||Louise Weller|||| ||Deborah Mills|Chair|17/02/2023|| ||Adam Woadden||17/02/2023|| ||Katie Woadden|Secretary|17/02/2023|| ||Alan Morris||17/02/2023|| ||TraceyPickard||17/02/2023|| ||Eleanor Harman||17/02/2023|| ||Lorna Plant|Treasurer|17/02/2023|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** N/A Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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 N/A ## **Other optional information** N/A ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Louise Weller **Full name(s)** Robert Weller **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 30/08/2024 **Charity Name Somercotes Stars** **No (if any) 1035651** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** Period start date Period end date 3/31/2023 **For the period from** **To** 4/1/2022 ## **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** **Total funds Last year** |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Preschool Income
**88,605**
PettyCash
**1,813**
CommunityResolution Payment
**7,557**
Donations
**510**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**98,486**
**-**
**Sub total -**
**Total receipts 98,486**
**A3 Payments**
Wages
**69,288**
Rent
**3,000**
Utilities
**792**
Insurance
**749**
Sundries
**6,453**
Sundries cash
**1,505**
Unpaid HMRC debt
**1,645**
NurserySoftware
**1,571**
Pupil Premiumpayment
**1,750**
**Sub total 86,753**
Covid Crisis Loan
**2,130**
Trustee Loan
**2,000**
**Sub total 4,130**
**Total payments 90,883**
**Net of receipts/(payments) 7,603**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**17,070**
**Cash funds this year end 24,673**
**to the nearest £**
**Sub total**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**
**88,605**
**1,813**
**7,557**
**510**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**98,486**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**98,486**
**69,288**
**3,000**
**792**
**749**
**6,453**
**1,505**
**1,645**
**1,571**
**1,750**
**86,753**
**2,130**
**2,000**
**4,130**
**90,883**
**7,603**
**-**
**17,070**
**24,673**|**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**88,605**|**-**| ||||**1,813**|**-**| ||||**7,557**|**-**| ||||**510**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**98,486**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**98,486**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**69,288**|**-**| ||||**3,000**|**-**| ||||**792**|**-**| ||||**749**|**-**| ||||**6,453**|**-**| ||||**1,505**|**-**| ||||**1,645**|**-**| ||||**1,571**|**-**| ||||**1,750**|**-**| ||||**86,753**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,130**|| ||||**2,000**|| ||||**4,130**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**90,883**|**-**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**7,603**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**17,070**|**-**| ||**-**||**24,673**|**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
Charity Account
Savings Account
Petty Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Covid Crisis Loan
**Total cash funds**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**23,604**
**762**
**653**
**25,018**
Agreement Error
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,641**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||Covid Crisis Loan||**6,641**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |Signature|Print Name
Louise Weller
Robert Weller|Date of
approval| |---|---|---| ||Louise Weller|8/30/2024| ||Robert Weller|8/30/2024| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustee81 members of SO*￿4 STflQS On accounts for the year ended zctZ2- zoL% Charity no (If any) ioa£a£ I Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charily (-the Trust") for the year ended Re8pon8ibilities and AS the charity Irustae8 of the Trust, you are responsible for Ihe preparation basis of roport of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {°the Acr) I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of Ihe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in conneclion with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,. accounling records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's 8tstsmant I have no concems 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 nol apply. Slgned: Date: It OLT 2CL*+ Name- Relevant professional quallfi¢atlon{s) or body (if any)= Address: IER October 2018