## **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** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To enhance the development and<br>education of children under statutory<br>school age by encouraging parents to<br>understand and provide for the needs of<br>their children through community groups.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Provision of a facility to assist and enable<br>development and education for preschool<br>children for the village of North Somercotes<br>and surrounding areas and to provide<br>afterschool and holiday club facilities up to<br>the age of 11.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The charities trustees have produced this<br>document following the guidance set out in<br>the SORP.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
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|Policy on social investment|||
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|investment|||
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## **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: 

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41|<br>N/A|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Other||N/A|



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Financial situation remains stable|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves held to enable the charity some<br>resilience against income and outgoing<br>changes, including changing service user<br>numbers and staff increase costs.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£10000|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Covid Crisis Loan|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|Staff costs continue to rise with escalating<br>minimum wage amounts.<br>Service user numbers are due to drop due<br>to lower numbers of children in the area we<br>operate.<br>Funding not increasing inline with operating<br>cost increases.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47|<br>Local Authority Early Years Entitlement<br>Funding.<br>Service user fees.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|N/A|
|Other||N/A|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||Voluntary leadership committee|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution adopted 21 October 1993 and<br>amended on 10thApril 2018|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees volunteer and are vetted for<br>suitability by Ofsted and DBS.<br>Positions in the trustee committee are<br>appointed by election.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51|<br>Safeguarding<br>Staffing and Employment<br>Confidentiality<br>Aims and Objectives<br>Fire and Evacuation policy|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|N/A|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|N/A|
|Other||N/A|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Somercotes Stars Pre-school|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1035651|
|Charity’s principal address|School Lane<br>North Somercotes<br>Louth<br>Lincolnshire<br>LN11 7QB|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Robert Weller|Chair|||
||Louise Weller|Treasurer|||
||Eleanor Harman||||
||Adam Woadden||||
||Katie Woadden|Secretary|||
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– 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 

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## **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**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Somercotes Stars**<br>**1035651**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/1/2024<br>3/31/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee~~<br>~~ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Somercotes Stars**<br>**1035651**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/1/2024<br>3/31/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee~~<br>~~ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Somercotes Stars**<br>**1035651**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/1/2024<br>3/31/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee~~<br>~~ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Somercotes Stars**<br>**1035651**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/1/2024<br>3/31/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee~~<br>~~ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Somercotes Stars**<br>**1035651**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/1/2024<br>3/31/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee~~<br>~~ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Somercotes Stars**<br>**1035651**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/1/2024<br>3/31/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee~~<br>~~ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Somercotes Stars**<br>**1035651**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/1/2024<br>3/31/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee~~<br>~~ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Somercotes Stars**<br>**1035651**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/1/2024<br>3/31/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee~~<br>~~ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Somercotes Stars**<br>**1035651**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/1/2024<br>3/31/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee~~<br>~~ee_~~|**Charity Name**<br>**No (if any)**<br>**CC16a**<br>**Somercotes Stars**<br>**1035651**<br>**Receipts andpayments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>**To**<br>Period end date<br>4/1/2024<br>3/31/2025<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~ee ee~~<br>~~ee_~~|
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**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**|
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||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**109,505**<br>_(Gross income for AR)_||**-**||**-**|**-**||**109,505**||**75,142**|
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|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_                109,505**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**109,505**<br>**75,142**<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>~~——————~~|||||||||||
|**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<br>**2,130**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,130**<br>**2,130**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                        2,130**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,130**<br>**2,130**<br>**_Total payments_                101,742**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**101,742**<br>**83,373**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_                    7,763**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**7,763**<br>**-                 8,231**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**16,787**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**16,787**<br>**25,018**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                  24,550**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**24,550**<br>**16,787**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>~~—————~~<br>~~SSS=~~|||||||||||



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>Charity Account<br>Savings Account<br>Petty Cash<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Covid Crisis Loan<br>Signature<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**23,624**<br>**-**<br>**337**<br>**-**<br>**588**<br>**-**<br>**24,550**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,619**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Louise Weller<br>Robert Weller<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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## Z| CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's FOR ENGLAND AND WALES report on the accounts | 

## Section A 

## independent Examiner's Report 

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