**Dicker House Pre-School** _Registered charity number 1036414_
Report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2022
## **Dicker House Pre-School Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 August 2022**
The management committee present their report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2022.
## **Constitution and terms of reference**
This unincorporated charity was established by a scheme approved and sealed by the Charity Commissioners on 26 January 1994.
The charity's registration number is 1036414
## **Committee of management**
The committee who held office during the year were as follows:
Beverley Thring Victoria Horrocks Gemma Walker Amadnda Stephenson Jade Merret Julia Thomas Dominique Carter Matthew Newman Stefanie Kemsley Natalie Blackman
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is governed by a constitution which was re-adopted at an AGM on 24 May 2010 and the charity is constituted by trust. Trustees are appointed and reappointed annually at the AGM.
The charity has several policies which govern in operation, these policies cover admissions, discipline, child protection, equal opportunities, child placements and staff training and development. The policies are reviewed regularly both by the staff and management committee to ensure they are both appropriate and adequate.
Criminal Records Bureau checks are carried out prior to commencement of employment or trusteeship.
The charity is a member of the Early Years alliance, a national body which helps parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children. The PSLA, together with other academic bodies, assists us with staff training and also in a advisory capacity.
All members of the management committee give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration, they all make a significant contribution to the successful running of the charity, in particular by regularly attending management meetings to ensure the charity is operated appropriately and any issues are quickly and adequately resolved.
## **Objectives and activities**
The Dicker House Pre-School was established to provide pre-school learning .The objectives of the charity during the year were as follows:
- ●Develop and motivate all of our children to the fullest possible extent.
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## **Dicker House Pre-School Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 August 2022**
- ●Provide a safe and comfortable environment for all children.
- Educate and encourage parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups.
- The aim of this committee is to maintain the playgroup in a sound environment and in accordance with all statutory requirements.
- Ensure the reserves of the charity increase or do not fall below the contingent level set by the management committee, of approximately three months' salary costs.
## **Public benefit**
The charity provides benefit to the public by offering placements to both state funded and non funded children, and also to children from all backgrounds and abilities.
## **Achievements and performance**
The charity has continued on from previous years to provide an enjoyable and safe environment whilst ensuring the development of the children also remains at the highest possible standard. In response to the popularity of the charity and thus the level of its children, staff levels and cost have also increased but are covered by the level of income.
The management committee strongly believe that success of the charity is as a result of the hard work and dedication of the charity staff and the management committee itself.
## **Financial review**
Total income for 2021/22 was £87,685 compared to £96,175 in 2020/21. We ended the year with a loss of £8,191 compared to £2,666 surplus last year. The loss was due to a decrease in fees income. We ended the year with monies held at the bank of £109,596 compared to £116,549 last year. The end result was that reserves have decreased to £105,777 from £113,968 last year, this comfortably covering the charity's objective of three months' salary.
The charity's main source of income comes from fees, both from the West Sussex County Council for children eligible for funding under the Early Years Foundation Stage free entitlement scheme and from parents of younger children.
Income from fundraising activities is used primarily to improve the environment and resources available to the children at the pre-school, any surplus is used to increase the contingency fund.
Signed on behalf of the committee
…………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………. **(Chair) (Date)**
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## **Dicker House Pre-School**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Dicker House pre-School for the year ended 31 August 2022**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2022 which are set out on pages 4 to 7.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act;
or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records[; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
…………………………………………………………………………..
Daniel Pettitt FCCA Keymer Haslam & Co Chartered Accountants 4/6 Church Road Burgess Hill West Sussex, RH15 9AE
………………………………… (Date)
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## **Dicker House Pre-School**
## **Revenue account**
## **For the year ended 31 August 2022**
|Note
**Income**
Fees
Registration fees
**Other income**
Fundraising
3
Donations
Grants
Clothing
Other income
Bank interest
**TOTAL REVENUE**
**DIRECT CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE**
Nursery toys & consumable
Food & Drink
Advertising
Insurance
Subscriptions
General supplies
Salaries
Pensions
R&R
Printing, Postage & Stationery
Computer expenses
Other
Legal & Professional
Accountancy
Rent
Training
Clothing
Bank Charges
Depreciation
**SURPLUS/(LOSS) FOR THE YEAR**|**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
82,931
91,720
840
540
83,771
92,260
3,056
2,069
343
179
-
1,091
465
338
50
238
-
-
3,914
3,915
**87,685**
**96,175**
712
910
123
108
120
120
109
610
1,085
1,319
4,487
1,803
69,223
64,614
414
-
57
1,191
447
70
328
673
121
556
2,667
3,213
660
648
11,880
15,505
1,252
556
1,455
541
-
90
736
982
**95,876**
**93,509**
**(8,191)**
**2,666**
**£**
**2022**
**2021**|
|---|---|
||3,056
343
-
465
50
-|
||712
123
120
109
1,085
4,487
69,223
414
57
447
328
121
2,667
660
11,880
1,252
1,455
-
736|
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## **Dicker House Pre-School**
## **Statement of assets and liabilities Year ended 31 August 2022**
|Note
**FIXED ASSETS**
Canopy
1
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Bank account
Fundraising account
Petty cash
**GROSS ASSETS**
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Accruals
**NET ASSETS**
**GENERAL FUND**
Brought forward
Surplus for the year|**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
2,206
2,942
105,395
114,241
4,173
2,206
28
102
109,596
116,549
111,802
119,491
5,132
4,845
215
-
678
678
6,025
5,523
**105,777**
**£**
**113,968**
**£**
113,968
111,302
(8,191)
2,666
**105,777**
**£**
**113,968**
**£**
**2022**
**2021**|**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
2,206
2,942
105,395
114,241
4,173
2,206
28
102
109,596
116,549
111,802
119,491
5,132
4,845
215
-
678
678
6,025
5,523
**105,777**
**£**
**113,968**
**£**
113,968
111,302
(8,191)
2,666
**105,777**
**£**
**113,968**
**£**
**2022**
**2021**|
|---|---|---|
||5,132
215
678||
|||119,491
5,523|
||||
|||**113,968**
**£**|
|||111,302
2,666|
|||**113,968**
**£**|
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## **Dicker House Pre-School Notes to the accounts Year ended 31 August 2022**
## Note
- 1 Accounting policies
- 1.1 Basis of preparation
- The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice, "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" (SORP 2005) issued in March 2005, UK accounting standards and charities Act 2011.
- 1.2 Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included in the SOFA when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the incoming resources and related expenditure are reports gross in the SOFA. Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
## 1.3 Resources expended
- All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources.
- 1.4 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
- Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost over their expected useful economic lives as follows:
|2|Canopy
25% on a reducing balance
Fixed Assets
Canopy
Shed
Cost at
01/09/2021
6,507
3,558
Additions
-
-
Disposals
-
-
Cost at
31/08/2022
6,507
3,558
2
25% RB
25% RB
Depn at
01/09/2021
6,233
890
Charge
69
667
Disposals
-
-
Depn at
31/08/2022
6,302
1,557
NBV at
31/08/2022
205
2,001
NBV at
31/08/2021
274
2,668|Total
10,065
-
-|
|---|---|---|
|||10,065|
|||25% RB
7,123
736
-|
|||7,859|
|||2,206|
|||2,942|
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## **Dicker House Pre-School Notes to the accounts Year ended 31 August 2022**
|Note
3
4
5
6|Fundraising activities
Income
Expenditure
Scavenger Hunt
383.00
Photos
107.00
The Co-op scheme
270.00
Tesco Blue Chip
750.00
Nearly new sale
Donation scheme
Easy fundraising
123.00
Jolly jars
202.00
Quiz night
837.00
Other
384.00
3,056.00
0.00
Fees for examination of the accounts
Independent examiner's fee
Staff costs
Gross salaries
Pension costs
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Accruals|Income
Expenditure
383.00
107.00
270.00
750.00
123.00
202.00
837.00
384.00|2022
Net
383.00
107.00
270.00
750.00
0.00
0.00
123.00
202.00
837.00
384.00
3,056.00
2022
660.00
2022
69,223.00
414.00
69,637.00
2022
5,132.00
215.00
678.00
6,025.00|2021
Net
595.00
214.00
0.00
0.00
60.00
75.00
75.00
0.00
0.00
1,050.00|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||3,056.00
0.00||2,069.00|
|||||2021
648.00|
|||||2021
64,614.00
0.00|
|||||64,614.00|
|||||2021
4,845.00
0.00
678.00|
|||||5,523.00|
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