2023-05-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From Period start date To 01/06/2022 Period end date 31/05/2023

Charity name: Thurton & Ashby St. Mary Pre-school

Charity registration number: 1036204

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	Thurton & Ashby St. Mary Pre-school offers care and education to children from two to under five years of age (school age)
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	We employ highly qualified dedicated early years practitioners who offer purposeful play activities tailored to individual children’s needs and interests including SEND. This enables all children to reach their full potential regardless of their starting points.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	New committee members become the Charity Trustees and have an induction including Trustee Guidance issued by the Charity Commission.

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	N/A
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	N/A
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Parents, carers, staff, family and friends of pre-school volunteer their time to organise and run fundraising events throughout the year. Volunteers with enhanced DBS checks support practitioners to offer weekly woodland sessions.

Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main 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.	Para 1.20	2022/2023 Pre-school has continued to offer a quality early years provision to children in the village and surrounding area. We have been able to offer a second weekly session to 3/4 year old children in the woodland area and have developed our garden to provide a continuous outdoor learning environment. The committee has supported pre-school in fundraising to lay an area in the garden with artificial grass and paths and new outdoor equipment including a large perspex painting easel and threading frame.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	Our objective this year was to develop the woodland sessions for 3/4 year olds and enable the children to experience outdoor learning in our purpose built garden as much as possible.
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	To do this we held successful fundraising events including two Jumble Sales, An Auto Jumble and Classic Car Show and a Christmas Bazaar with a Grand Draw.
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	N/A
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	We have maintained a good balance at the end of our financial year 31st May 2023
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	We hold reserves in case of redundancy as we employ six members of staff, four on a part time basis. Each year the National Living Wage increases and we aim to maintain a pay differential between the levels of practitioners.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	We have £6,407.74 in the Redundancy Fund and £25,206.07 in the General Fund which is capital for running of the setting in 2023/24.
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23
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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Our principle sources of funds include Government Grant Funding for 3/4 year olds and eligible 2 year olds. Fees from all other children and our own Community Fundraising.
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	The principle risks we face are a drop in the number of children attending the setting. Not maintaining a good level of fundraising throughout the year to subsidise the grant funding and fees we receive to enable us to pay staff wages, rent, consumables, maintenance etc.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s
~~t~~ ~~t~~ Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage 2021 including Learning and Development Requirements and Welfare Requirements. Comprehensive set of Policies and Procedures adopted by the setting and reviewed annually by all adults in the setting.
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Pre-school runs under the Pre-school Learning Alliance constitution 2011 (Early Years Alliance from 2019)
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	Pre-school holds an Annual General Meeting to elect a Committee, those committee members become the setting’s Trustees after obtaining the relevant DBS and EY2 checks.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	Policies and procedures are in place for the induction of new Trustees.
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	The pre-school committee employs six members of staff 2022/2023. The play leader manages the setting and undertake the day to running of the setting, reporting to the management committee.
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name Thurton and Ashby St. Mary Pre-school Other name the charity uses

	Registered charity number	1036204
	Charity’s principal address	Thurton & Ashby St. Mary Village Hall
		Ashby Road
		Thurton
		Norwich
		NR14 6AX
		(Please note this is not a correspondence address)

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Janet Reynolds	Chairperson	Started 15/6/23	Thurton & Ashby St. Mary Pre-school
	Amy Whittam	Secretary		As above
	Julie Lincoln	Treasurer		As above
	Sandra Rennie	Ordinary Member		As above
	Michelle Stone	Ordinary Member	Started 15/6/23	As above

Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets held in this capacity	N/A
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects	N/A
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets	N/A

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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

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Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

Date

INCOME & EXPEN{)￿uRE ACCOU1￿ FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023 Income Donation5 Voucher Funding Fees 1648.03 40302.36 I￿41. 1782.65 30372.09 7600.32 8703.51 138.cil Fundraising Grants Unifomi & Sportswear Bank Interest Other Income 10294.98 9.37 0.39 63595.80 59019.79 Expenses Wages Rent Fundraising Costs EqLEipment & Ganlen Costs Insurance 46265.81 37684.22 2593.C 611.02 1047.19 4913.87 576. 760.91 750J7 Postage & Stationery Unlfonn & Sportswear Accounts. Wages & 8ookteeplrvJ Fees Sub5CriPtions & Licence5 Advertlsln8 & Webslte Milk Tralnlng Courses & Books TravellinB Expenses Grant Expendlture Other Expense5 91AO 124.68 81&10 316.51 131.07 2.49 3CfJ.45 401.95 16.65 663.50 1579A3 55754.46 A9 49944.12 Net Income For Year 7841.34 9075.67 Surplus 1st June Balance at 31 May 23772.47 31613.81 14696.80 23772.47 ANCE SHEET AT 31 MAY 2022 Bank Accounts Qsh In Hand 31S73.96 23732.62 3935 31613.81 23772.47 Represented 8y General Fund Grants Fund 25￿.07 17364.73 6407.74 31613Jl 6407.74 23772.47 31613￿1 23772.47

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