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

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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.| ## **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|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**
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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| ## **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** ## **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 INDEPENDE1￿ EXAMINERS REPORTTO THE TRLISTEESOF THURTON PRE- 50100L PiAYGROUP This report on the Staterne￿ ofthe Tl¥JrtoTh PTe. sd￿￿1 PlaY8￿p lor the year ended 31 May 2022 whlth a￿ set out on tr* atlacfr*d page. ts In respecl of an examinatlon carried out in accordan￿ wlth seckn 145 ofthe ch￿Il*S kt 20111Tr kf). As trustees y(w a￿ responslble for the wepar*kn ofthe IlnarKI* ststemert& cortherthat an audit is not required for this year undef seciion 144 of theAct aThJ an independ￿t exarnination 15 requlred. It15 my responsibllity to cornplete the foknwlw. l. Examine the finan(ial Statem￿ undff sertion 145 ofthe Act 2. To follow the procedures laid down in general Directio￿ gp*en lry the (harity Commission under section 14515IIBI of the Aci. Comrni5sion. An examin*ion Indudes a ofthe acCoun￿n8 records kept by the Committee at)d a comparison of the financial staten*nts presented with those record5. It a150 indudes Consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the finarKiJl ststemthts and seekin8 explanat&ons from you as members of the Committee concerning any suth mattev5. The procedures undertaken do not provlde all the evidence that would be requwed In an au￿ and Cobwuently no OpInk￿ ts gl¥en as to whether the flnancbal statements present a knie and lair vle* and the rewt ts Ilmtted io those matters set out kn the statwnent below. In connection wtth my examination. no matter has come to my attentkni: l. which giNES me reasixwble au5e to belh￿th& In any matertal rq)ecL the requlrements A. to keep accountlng record5 In aCcOrda￿e wlth sectlon 130 of the ACL and B. to Prepa￿ finanoal statements whith accsxd with accountipw records and compty wlth acwuntln8 requirements ol the Act have Th)t been rt. or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be in Orderto enable a proper understsnding of the financial ststements to te rexhe 27 September 2023 Indepe Examiner P Jervis MPM Partnershlp Sa¢k¥llle Pla 44- 48 Magdalen Street Nonbith NR3 IJU