BECKLEY PRESCHOOL
ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
for the yoaf end￿ 31 August 2024

2 Tn￿ee¥ Ann￿1 Rewwt

BECKLEY PRESCHOOL
(Regi￿ered Chority M) 1035670)
ANNUAL REPORT for the year e￿ded 31" August 2024
The Committee of 8eckly Preschool pruent their report and fimncial stotements for
the year ended 31" Augjst 2024.
l and AdminisPrntive
TRUSTEES
l)Appointment of Trustees
As set out in the Constitution the Tr￿eeS (Committee) are elected (vwKh21ty by the
Committee at the AN¥Jal Cxnernl Meetin9 with to 2 bebrg ctropted ty the Committee
rf necessary.
The charity is governed by a C¢)mmittee of ot least 6 elected officers.
The Committee is authorised to appoint new Trustees to fill vocan¢ies (wisiry throWI
resigr¥ition ¢r death of on existiNJ rnem￿.
2) tnduction and Traini
i Trustees are provided with inforn￿tIon on the Struct￿t. business pl¢fft l￿d recent
financial perforffwice of the CF4Jrity ¢md are emcour(¥Jed to congjlt with the Off icer$ to
tacilitate the ￿dertakirVj of th￿r role.
3) Orwisation
The Committee (of Tntstees) are respMsible for the day-to-day nkywement of the
tharity. The Committee regubrty review the operntiornl risks which the Charity faces
tYKI are satisfied that the systems Current￿ in place ore suff icient to ernble such risks
to be minimised.
The Committee meet 6 times per year (once each school tem)
Committee of Trustees with effect from I" September 2023 are:
Stephanie BLoOMFIELD-c￿1rperSOn
Jill BRAIN-Wice Choir
Holly FINTAN-TreasLrer
m CHAPMAN-Secretory
Jo ENTWISTLE-Parent Rep
James BLOOMFIELD- Poremt Rep
All other parentS/gwrd1￿￿ will automatically become'Friends of 8¢cklry Presch*)or
when they re9iSter the5r children (md ore welc¢)me to attend the c￿Mittee meetiw.
OTHER INFORMA TION
Bursar . Jill BRAIN
awity Address: 8ecklry Villa9e Centre. Main Street. 8eckley. TN316PL
hknin Banker: ￿￿twest plc. Rye 0￿Ch
Independent Examiner: Mary HOWSE. The 8ortletts, Main Street. Beckley. E.Sussex
Gt* ectives Imd Activities
The Association is governed ty a Constitution. last omended in Sq)tember 2014.
The ¢>bjeet of the Association is the od￿ncerne1rt of education for children below
compulsory sthool age in Becklw Wilhge Centre <VKI to this ffid they provtde a Preschool
¢MyiEable to oll children and pwents in the ￿tchment are
A hievements and P
ormonce
Folkiwing the 50" Birthday ceIebrntiu￿ in the summer of 2023 we were very fortwte
to enlist the help of StePh￿te Bloomfield. a retired teacher (￿d 6raFMlparent of one of
the Preschool thildren, who Iweed to become ow nt* Chairperson in September 2023.
Orn￿tiOn

As often happens we lost the help of BrI￿Y Mason ond Lisa Parker from the Committee
a8 their children moved onto school and we thonk them for all their past help..
RecnJitiThJ new Committee members continues to be a difficulty.
The Preschool however has continued to thrive (mder the Leadership of Ed￿rn LY￿rd
in Janwry 2024 EdwiThJ honded in her notice due to family cirCumst<￿Ces.
However she was keen to keep in ¢onta¢t with the Preschool <VKI it V4as (we¢d that she
would be kept on as Bank Staff.
We ther¢for¢ advertised for a new Marw to stort in April 2024 after
interviewing several appliconts we oppointed Katie Appleton. o 8eckley resident who has
several with children
Althou9h Kqtie had wre of on Administrotive back9fo￿￿1 but it was decided with the
ort of Sarah Wyatt as Deputy the stroFvJ staff team of Lisa Bakv, Louise Mills
Edwim she would be a strorwj addition to the team.
Since starting in Ayil 2024 she Iw proved herself more tlmxn capable of M(witYJ the
9roup tjnd hos taken on severnl of the administrative tosks the Preschool continues
to thrive.
With &]rah as SEN leod the Preschool hos also be9￿ to ￿1n a ryutotion for
outstanding SEN prnwsion.
However this has also led to diff iculties in rewd to safeg￿rdly9 in a Wil* Hall and
the Conmittee are lookiThJ into puttir¥J o purpose made buildiry on the PriTh￿ry
school site in Beckley.
Fimncial Review
Accounts are audited once a yeor to shry* the sitLh3tion for thot yeor QKI the overall
deficit/$urplus.
The Constitution authorises the Trustees to nwke l￿d hold investments usiw the
ge4Krnl fsyKl$ of the Charity. The Trustees. reswd to the cashf low reqUiren￿$
of the Charity. keep avoiloble f￿dS in interest beoriry accowrt$.
FWKI Raisiry h(LS once (Win provided much needed extrn f(mds for the Preschool with
the Christmos Foir 9ewatiNJ the *￿)¢rIty of the incomL
Once a￿1￿ cashflow wos o ft￿J0r concmi for this re0st￿ the Vill¥ Hall (mce again
deferred payment of the rn￿thty rent.
However they hove indicated that they expect the comirvj years rent to be paid <md this
yeors arrear$ to be paid off by ¢xtra mwthty FKrln￿ts.
e Pkns
Once a9]in it is impOrt￿t to try cnd increase child numbers- not ew whem the cost of
housiry in Beckley makes it diff icult to attract YO￿ families.
However th¢re is a strory staff team in place and all ore intent ￿ ejwiry the
Preschool thrives.
The main focus t<￿ the coming year will be to sec￿¢ d move to own buildiry.
We alre4￿Y hove ￿Ceived $￿POrt from Beckley Porish CowKil and the 8eckley (VMI
other avenues of s4iport will be contin￿lty explored.
This report ¥KS ¢¥prov¢d by the Trustees sI￿d M their beholl:
stephanie Bloomfield
Chairperson

I reFQrt on the unaudited acctyJnts of the cl￿rIty for Ihe y*r ended 31 AugLtst 2Lr24 set out
on pages 5 9
It is my re6wsiknIty ID..
. exanwne the acccrtHts lurthr8•#kn 145 clthe2011 A
under s•dth 145(5Xb} ofthe2011 Art
requirements ofthe 2011 fv
Mary Hry+￿e
The Bartlets
Rye
East Sussex TN316RR
3.2.2025

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES
trth• y•4r •ndod 31 Augu8t 2024
2023
Funds
Fund
Fund•
In¢omlng R••ou
Donations & grnnts
Charitable Activit
Fund- raising
37150
14402
2426
100
37250
45777
14402 15868
2428
2770
13
53978
100
54078
64415
Raising funds
227
227
60903
776
57551
11J)
13
100
61130
58327
-7052
Balance at 1 S•ptem￿r 2023
BaRanc¢ at 31 Augu8t 2024
7831
1779
14331
7279
8243
14331
CoTrtlnulng 0￿ra
The Statement of Financial kts¥il*s aw gal￿ and losses recognised in the yw.

Curr•nt Ass•ts:
Cash at Bank and n h*d
11
10.471
15.
220
10.471
15.816
L•s8 Curr•nt Li•bHiti•s:
10
3.192
N•t Cuff General Fund
7.279
14,331
Fund•
1.779
7,831
14.331
and sban￿j on th￿'r belAf.
b.
Chairpe(s(

Not08 to the Aecounts for th• yw •nd•d 31 August 2024
l Bash of pr•paratlon of a¢counl8
Rel￿[n9 by Char￿eS. Statement of RecOmn￿n￿ pr￿ *￿ble to
Standards for Smaller Entrt￿S <effeGtre January 2015). Assets and liabiltlies
slated in the relevant attount poly rth.
2 Accountlng Polkl
2.1 Tangiblo Ilx•d 088•1• for u*• ty th• eharfty and d•pr•clatlon
No value has been placed on assets hdd for the functs0￿ use of the Charity.
Items of gauipment are written off in the year of purchases. The TrLtslees
consbjer that little residual value attaches to them.
Items of income are recognised and iKluded in the x£%￿nts when all of Ihe
fdlowing criteria are Met
- Th8 charity have entillement to the funds
. arry perforniano conditions attached to the item(s) of income have b
met 01 are lulty wrthin the control of ts charity:
. the amount can be measure
22 Int•ro•t rnc•lvablo
the interest paid or Payab￿ by the twk or buikling
2A Fund accountlng
Unrestricted funds are available to spend on that any of the
purposes of the charity
fw a parti￿lar purw>se
Restrthd funds are subject to SP8co1 Injsts that have been spear￿ by the
donors.
2.5 ExpendlluT• and IrrKov•th VAT
make a payment to a thwd party. it ts wobabty that settbement be required
and the amount of the ob*t￿M can be measured reliabty. Irre(xY￿￿ VAT
charged as a cost against the thlty for the exwditure was incufred.
2.6 Support
Support costs are those functKTh that asgst the wk of Ihe i*arty but do not
2.7 D•btor¥
any trade discount offered. Prepayments are at the amount preFraid.
18 Cash at bank and In hand
Cash at bank and cash in hand inclth cash and sh￿t tern) hwhly INuid
investrnents with a short matunty of one year or less frc*n tr* date of
acquisi￿n or opening of the depos'rt or similar
2.9 Crodltorn
from a past event that will probaw result in the transfer of funds to a third
paty and the arrK)unt due to settle th8 c*bon can be measured or estimated
relrabty.

Notss to th• P*counts for th• y•ar end•d 31 Augu•t 2024
The finanual statements have been wepared #i XCOrdan￿ A(wuntlng and
ReFrfJts'ng by Charilies: Statement of Re¢C￿Mended PrnCl1￿ appI￿able lo
charittes preparing their &count in a(￿Ord￿ *ith the Financial Rewti
Slandards for Smaller Entitles (eff￿trWe January 2015). Assets and liabilities
are iniiialty recognised at h5Storical cost or transaikn vahR unl86s otheN
stated in the rekvant ar￿Unt polry note.
2 Accounting Pollcl¢8
2.1 Tanglble fixod as80ts lor th• charty and dopr•clatS¢>n
No value has pkced rm assets held for the fvncliwl use of the Charity.
Items of equipment are vffitten off in the )par ot purclAses. The T￿￿ee$
consthr that litue re5￿Ual value attaches to Ihem.
22 In¢offl• rocognltlon polkl•8
Items of income afe recognised and I￿ad in Il* ￿Unts wt￿1 all of the
following crikria are met
. The charity have enbtEanent to the funds
. any perfom)ance conditions attached to the item<s) of have been
met or are fulty wrthin the control of the d￿rIty.
. the￿ is 8uffiaent ¢ertaN)ty that receipt of the hKome 18 Consi￿ wobable
. the amount can be measure relwbty
2.3 Intore•t ro¢olvabl•
Interest on funds hetd on deposrt is indUd￿j Wh￿ r￿oi￿able and Ihe an￿Unt
can be measured reliabty by the charity, this is nOnrÉat￿ upon notificakn of
the interest paid or payth by the bank or buikling so•.
2.4 Fund ac¢ounling
Unrestrrcted funts are availabk to spend on ¥tpiibes that fiwther of the
purposes of the chanty
a part￿lar wrpK)se
16 Expendltyr• and IrrKov•rablo VAT
Expendrture is recogni*J once thero is a or construcbye O￿atiOn to
make a payment to a third party, it is probabty that Settle￿ *ryll be required
d the ami)unt of the obhgation Can be measured rewty. IrreLx)verable VAT
18 charged as a cost against the xb¥ity for which the ext*Thliture was inowred.
2.6 Support co•ts
SupEth costs are those funct¥)ns that assist the of the charty but do rK
2.7 D•btorn
any trade discount offered. Prepaynwts are valued at the amount prepaid.
2A Ca8h at bank and In hand
Cash at bank and cash in hand in(ath cash and short tem h￿hlY liqu•J
investrnents *ith a short maturity of one or less frcrtn thè date of
acqulsition or 0[￿1n9 of the deposrt. or similar &(wnt
2.9 Croditorn
Creditors are reLY)gn￿ vthere the charity has present obl Ro•trkt•d
frorn a past event that wll probabty tesuli tn the transfer of funds to a third
paty and the amount due to sethe oNigatson can be measured or estimated

2023
11 Ca•h at Bank & In hand
3,049
3.496
Cash in Hand
122
10.471
236
15,5
12 T•x•tloft
2023
1C
8103
14.287
13S
14.267
135
15.867
Toddter Group F
Grants
Clothin9
Fun&rnising
47
37,677
154
2.770
2.426
100
54,078
64.415
FurTrd-raising
charitab￿ u>sts:
Wages
227
227
51.993
51.993
3.959
438
52.285
1,418
Equip￿￿nI
Toy5 arnl ciats
473
329
120
436
243
785
53
243
785
Mllk and dorr￿
Messy orthrs
Toddler expen$8s
Fiekl arrfl Garden
Trip and pardes
Clothing
OFSTED regislratwjn
Insurance
Trainsng
ministration costs
Sundriy exp8nses
Support cosi8
213
207
210
ILN)
313
207
210
376
236
754
754
394
720
165
411
81
81
105
105
105
60.030
4,052
7,831
100
61,130
-7,052
14.331
7.279
58.327
N•t (d•fthy8ufplu• for y••r
Balanc• of fund8 1.9.23
B•l•n¢e of fund• 31J24
8,243
14.331