Nanstallon Pre-School Chairperson’s Report September 2023 - August 2024
Nanstallon Pre-School is situated at the heart of the community, working in partnership with parents and community groups to provide high quality care in the very best facilities, in a small village setting.
We are fortunate to have a purpose built, eco-building offering a bright and spacious area in which we aim to give each child the best start in life by laying solid foundations for future learning; where children can explore the world around them, establish friendships, develop imagination, share, co-operate with others, gain confidence to initiate and try out new ideas, seek new challenges, make new discoveries, and most of all have great fun and develop a love of learning.
We are registered with OFSTED and currently hold a ‘Good’ outcome from our last inspection in January 2023. We provide sessional day care, welcoming children the term after they turn two years to five years. We have qualified, experienced, friendly staff who provide a fun, caring environment for the children to learn through play and adult led activities. Our Early Years Manager, Vicky Lafford, has Early Years Teacher Status.
Over the year we do our best to accommodate as many children as possible without compromising our policy of small group numbers and trying to offer parents the sessions they require. We continue to provide taster sessions for new starters where parents with children that are due to start with us are invited into Pre-School for a couple of sessions. They offer children the opportunity to play within the Pre-School whilst the parents can meet the staff, to ask any questions and can see their child enjoying themselves in the setting. These relaxed and informal sessions enable children to feel more confident when they first start with us, allowing them to settle much more quickly. They also provide parents/carers with the opportunity to meet other parents, offering them the chance to make friends and build a support network.
This year we have continued to host fundraising activities and have had some very successful events. Some of our staff and parents took part in the annual Ten Tors sponsored walk, plus we have raised money for other charities including Comic Relief and Save the Children. The funds raised this year have allowed us to improve the main room, buy more sensory toys and replace popular equipment such as a garden climbing frame. Our outdoor facilities aim to provide a safe and stimulating environment, whatever the weather, which not only supports outdoor learning and encourages creative play but offers the opportunity to get muddy and wet, where children can let off steam and exercise while having fun. We have also had new flooring laid on our covered decked area, where our children spend a great deal of time. We continue to run weekly football sessions with a local football coach who visits the Pre-School and we also offer our children an end of year Pre-School day trip where parents have the opportunity to get together with the children before the older children head off to Primary School.
Nanstallon Pre-School Nanstallon Cornwall PL30 5JZ 01208 832 230
Despite the ongoing challenges facing the childcare sector, Nanstallon Pre-School continues to be a thriving charity, which is supported by the local community and many local families, both from the village and surrounding areas. The majority of our children feed into Nanstallon Primary School, conveniently located next to the Pre-School site, allowing the transition from Pre-School to Primary to be as smooth as possible. We had 24 children leave us for ‘big school’ at the end of July 2024.
We pride ourselves on our small village feel and on running a professional and friendly PreSchool.
Hannah Julian
Nanstallon Pre-School Chairperson
Nanstallon Pre-School Nanstallon Cornwall PL30 5JZ 01208 832 230
NANSTALLON PRE-SCHOOL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS at- 31 AUGUST 2024
NANSTALLON PRE-SCHOOL INDEX TO THE ACCOUNTS Balance Sheet Income and Expendlture Account
NANSTALLON PRE-SCHOOL BALANCE SHEET as at 31 AUGUST 2024 2024 2023 FIXED ASSETS New Build Expenditure Less: Grants Received Equipment Iwritten-down value) Solar Panels 192,264 1189 1181 192,264 3,146 1189 118) 12,040 3,146 12,040 22,746 22,746 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors and Prepayments Cash al Bank Cash in Hand 76,536 40,715 CURRENT LIABILITIES Accruals PAYE Creditor Pension Control Trade Creditors 570 343 810 333 45 958 30 RECONCILIATION Balance at beginning of Year Surplus for Year 61,307 52,333 61 ACCOUNTANTS, REPORT The above Balance Sheet and Ihe attached Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 August 2024 have been prepared by us without carrying out an audit from the records of and from information supplied by Nanstallon Pre-school and we certify thal they are in accordance therewith. As with other enterprises of this nature, we have been unable to confirm that all income arising has been passed to the Treasurer and is therefore reported above. 2 June 2025 Callywith Accountants Chartered Accountants 70 Castle Street Bodmin Cornwall PL312DY
NANSTALLON PRE-SCHOOL INCOME and EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the year ended 31 AUGUST 2024 2024 2023 INCOME Fees Received Fund Raising {Net) Donations Solar Panel Income Grants Bank Inlerest Sundry Income 175,615 1,296 145,941 1,090 1,225 1,109 300 1,485 T 79,496 149,665 LESS EXPENDITURE Rates Light and Heat Repairs and Maintenance Salaries and Courses Refreshments, Consumables, Toys, Paper, Paint Materials Insurance Telephone Accountancy other Payments {Note l ) Depreciation (Note 2) 725 735 4.448 123,642 552 561 3,319 122,667 6,778 1,635 443 330 3,743 5,711 1,468 238 810 5,365 142479 1140691 Surplus for the YEAR NOTES other Payments Advertising and Website Gifts, Leaving Presenls, etc Entertainers Print, Post & stalionery Clothes (Neti Fees Trips (Neti 109 498 1,348 225 472 225 1,028 60 2,731 849 1,153 410 Depreclation Please note that no charge for depreciation of equipment has been included this year. It is not an aclual expense of the pre-school and was a provision to reflect the effective reduction in the value of equipment. As all new equipment is written off in the Income and Expenditure Account when it is incurred, the written down value of the equipment detailed on the Balance Sheel of £12,040 is carried forward to represent the value of all equipment held by the pre-school at 31 August 2024.
Nanslallon Pre-school INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT Independent examln•r's report to the truslee$ of Nanstallon Pre-school Charlty No. 1037223 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity I'the Trust") for the year ended 31 August 2024 which are set out on the attached pages. Responsibilllles and basls of report As fhe charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I the Act i. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Acl and in carrying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151 Ibl of the Act. Independent examlner's slalement. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting record5 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 wth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in ordei. lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: ti Da*e:2 June 2025 Name.. Matthew Jackson Relevant Professlonal quallficatlon or body: F.C.A Fellow of fhe Inslttute of Chartered Accovntanls In England and Wales. Address., 70 Caslle Slreet Bodmln Cornwall PL312DY