## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 09 2024 **To** 31 08 2025 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** 3-2-5 Pre-School Playgroup **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1037061 ~~|~~ **Charity's principal address** Burghclere Down Community Hall Berry Way Andover **Postcode SP10 3RZ** ## **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 Candice Appleton|Chair||| |Tiffany Wise|Treasurer||| |3 Katie Robson|Member||| |4 Katrina Bull|Member||| |5 Kelly Clement|Secretery||| |6 Matt Clement|Member||| |7|||| |8|||| |9|||| |10|||| |11|||| |12|||| |13|||| |14|||| |15|||| |16|||| |17|||| |18|||| |19
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~~op~~|~~op~~|~~op~~|~~op~~| March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Debbie Harrison and Emma Bishop – Co- Manager's ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Pre-School Learning Alliance Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Elected from Membership - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; Past/Current parent/carers of children that attend or have attended the Preschool are chosen first. Volunteers from the local community considered should numbers require it. The induction of trustees includes DBS checks and EY2 status confirmation prior to full access to meetings inclusive of children’s information and finances. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** To enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** March **2012** **TAR** 2 Oversee the management of a charity funded pre-school providing sessional care for children aged 2 years 6 months to 5 years offering appropriate play and education. This is done via various methods of child-centred learning and in the moment activities. The Trustees attend regular Committee Meetings, the key activities undertaken in the 2024-2025 academic year were to promote the Preschool as a safe and unique environment for the local community. Seeking financial grant and fundraising was also a key focus. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** The Trustee’s followed the guidance from the Government, NHS, Services for Young Children and the Alliance in order to end the academic year positively with a healthy intake, steady funds and a very supportive and creative team of staff. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Supported the provision running 5 days a week inclusive of lunchtimes to deliver Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) to a high standard by continuing to improve the child led approach and natural world play. The management committee had one new member join, Tiffany Wise who agreed to take on the role of Treasurer and was given bank access in June 2025. This role has been covered by the Managers who are going through a handover process with Tiffany. In September 2025 two new members joined us; Kelly and Matt Clements, who we hope can aid with the remaining vacant roles for the new academic year. We continue to promote the preschool to new parents/carers with the hope of new members joining to provide support to the co-managers as and when required. **Training** The staff have completed a number of statutory and enrichment training courses provided by the council and externally. Over the coming year, we will continue with the personal development of staff and management. Candice has continued as the Designated Safeguarding Officer alongside, Debbie and Emma as our DSLs. Laura Bacon-Smith who was originally on the committee, but became an employee as bank staff, also attended the DSL training. This role will be taken forward by a new committee member (Grace Sears). **Funding and Fees** -£141.015 ( Increased £15.206 than last year . This is due to an increase in the funding rate, more parents paying for extra sessions, and successful applications for DAF funding, Inclusion funding, and supplementary funding payments) Policies and Procedures: Policies review and updates with new manager. DBS checks for committee and staff performed termly. Training: Safeguarding course completed for DSO. Sign up to Noodle for staff training. March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** An amount of £23,000 has been set aside from unrestricted funds which **Brief statement of the** is held in order to meet any unforeseen expenditure that may occur, for **charity’s policy on reserves** example to cover staff redundancies. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None. ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## ~~ee~~ **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Candice Zoe Louise Appleton **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 28/10/2025 March **2012** **TAR** 6 |**No (if any)**
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**3-2-5 Pre-School Playgroup**
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~~-~~|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**|**Last year**|| ||**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||| |Fundingand fees|**141,764**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**141,764**|**125,809**|| |Grants and donations||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| |Interest|**503**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**503**|**647**|| |Tax credit funding|**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| |Fundraising||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| ||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_AR)_
**142,268**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**142,268**|**126,456**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**_Total receipts_**
**142,268**
**-**
**-**
**142,268**
**126,456**
~~—————~~|||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| |Rent|**7,654**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**7,654**|**6,810**|| |Staff costs|**102,611**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**102,611**|**99,179**|| |Insurance|**707**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**707**|**627**|| |Consumables|**3,225**||||||**-**||**3,225**|**3,561**|| |Fundraisingactivities||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| |Administration|**11,115**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**11,115**|**6,640**|| |Memberships and subscriptions|**796**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**796**|**753**|| |Travel and trips|**2**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**2**|**1**|| |Repairs and maintenance|**17**||||||||**17**|**685**|| ||**-**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**126,128**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**126,128**|**118,256**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**Office equipment**
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**126,128**
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**126,128**
**118,256**
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**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**16,140**
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**16,140**
**8,200**
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**72,906**
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**72,966**
**64,766**
**89,046**
**60**
**- 89,106**
**72,966**
~~SSSS=~~||||||||||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
PAYE debtor
Bank
Cash
PAYE/Pension
**Details**
**Details**
Fencing
Office equipment
Pension contributions
**Details**
Trade creditors
Tax and social security
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**92,276**
**60**
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**-**
**92,276**
**60**
Agreement Error
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**asset belongs**
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Unrestricted
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**2,922**
Unrestricted
**585**
Unrestricted
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||||| ||||| **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** 3-2-5 Pre-School Playgroup **On accounts for the year** 31 August 2025 **Charity no** 1037061 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 08 / 2025** . - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Date:** 28/10/2025 **Signed: Name:** Mark Wall ~~Ps~~ **Relevant professional** FCPA **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** M W Accounting Ltd Unit 5 Basepoint Business Centre, Caxton Close Andover, SP10 3FG **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .