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← Somercotes Stars Pre-School

2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1[st] April 2024 Period start date To 31[st] March 2025 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

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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 Chair
Louise Weller Treasurer
Eleanor Harman
Adam Woadden
Katie Woadden Secretary
TraceyPickard

– 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 ~~ee~~ Position (eg Secretary, Trustee Trustee Chair, etc) ~~ee~~ Date 15/01/2026 ~~pO~~

Charity Name
No (if any)
CC16a
Somercotes Stars
1035651
Receipts andpayments accounts
Period start date
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Period end date
4/1/2024
3/31/2025
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from
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No (if any)
CC16a
Somercotes Stars
1035651
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3/31/2025
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CC16a
Somercotes Stars
1035651
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1035651
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1035651
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1035651
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds		 Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Preschool Income 109,335 - - - 109,335 74,627
Fundraising 170 - - - 170 515
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
Sub total(Gross income for AR) 109,505
(Gross income for AR)		 - - - 109,505 75,142
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-
-
-
-
-
Sub total -
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Total receipts 109,505
-
-
109,505
75,142
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
~~——————~~
A3 Payments
Wages 81,090 - - - 81,090 65,779
Rent 3,600 - - - 3,600 3,350
Utilities 912 - - - 912 878
Insurance 564 - - - 564 526
Sundries 9,266 - - - 9,266 7,338
Sundries cash 875 - - - 875 170
NurserySoftware 2,146 - - - 2,146 2,002
Pupil Premiumpayment 1,160 - - - 1,160 1,200
- - - - -
Sub total 99,613 - - - 99,613 81,243
Covid Crisis Loan
2,130
-
-
2,130
2,130
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-
-
Sub total 2,130
-
-
2,130
2,130
Total payments 101,742
-
-
101,742
83,373
Net of receipts/(payments) 7,763
-
-
7,763
- 8,231
A5 Transfers between funds
-
-
-
-
-
A6 Cash funds last year end
16,787
-
-
16,787
25,018
Cash funds this year end 24,550
-
-
24,550
16,787
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
~~—————~~
~~SSS=~~

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
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Details
Charity Account
Savings Account
Petty Cash
Details
Details
Details
Details
Covid Crisis Loan
Signature
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))		 to nearest £
to nearest £
23,624
-
337
-
588
-
24,550
-
OK
OK
to nearest £
to nearest £
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Cost (optional)
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Cost (optional)
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2,619
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Print Name
Louise Weller
Robert Weller
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)		 to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
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OK
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
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Current value
(optional)
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Current value
(optional)
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When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Louise Weller 1/15/2026
Robert Weller 1/15/2026

Z| CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's FOR ENGLAND AND WALES report on the accounts |

Section A

independent Examiner's Report

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