2025-07-31-accounts - Broome and Ditchingham Preschool

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From Period start date 1[st] August 2024 To Period end date 31[st] July 2025 Charity name: Broome and Ditchingham Preschool

Charity registration number: 1037364

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To provide preschool education and social development for children aged 2-4.
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	The Preschool provides a term-time preschool service for children aged 2 to 4 from Broome, Ditchingham and surrounding villages. Places are available with funding from Norfolk County Council or through private fees.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and are confident that the preschool complies with these requirements.

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	The Preschool is overseen by volunteer trustees.
Other		N/A

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	In September 2024, the Preschool had 25 children on role and rising to 30 in January 2025. We offered a maximum of 27 hours a week per child. We offered a dedicated space for families and children with flexibility and longer hours. We developed our outdoor space further to include more nature based learning. We put in place a Sensory Food Education initiative that supported children to be interested and curious about a variety of

fruit and vegetables. This introduced children to foods they may not have seen before and gave them an opportunity to try without any pressure to like. We developed our snack menu further to include a 3 week menu that offered a wider range of healthy foods. We included regular cooking based activities that encouraged the children to learn through baking with healthy foods. We also reviewed our policy and procedures to support families in providing healthy lunch boxes and fresh water to drink. We hope this has supported young children in our community to become healthier and have a positive relationship with food and making healthy choices. Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: N/A Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 N/A Performance of fundraising

activities against objectives set Para 1.41 N/A Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 N/A Other

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	At the end of the financial year, the charity had income of £93,329 and expenditure of £75,155. This led to an operational surplus of £18,174, and the charity retained a positive balance of£49,527including free reserves. This was pleasing and provided us with financial stability. The increased income is a result of changes to funding and increase in children attending and hours we are open for.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	The Preschool aims to hold reserves equivalent to a minimum of three months’ running costs (approximately £15,000). This is to enable us to pay staff, bills and if necessary, reimburse fees in the event of unforeseen closure. We also aim for our reserves to provide us with a financial ‘buffer’ whereby we can subsidise staff salaries / rent etc if numbers of children are low. We review our reserves levels and position annually as part of our AGM. At year end for 2023- 2024, reserves levels were £15,000.This was equivalent to our reserves target, and trustees agreed that surplus income from the activities could be designated to bolster this amount each year further, due to increased monthly expenditure on salaries of 10% and increased rent.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£15,000 August 24 in CAF
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	NA
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	None
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	None

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: N/A The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 N/A 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 N/A Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Unincorporated charitable association.
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	Trustees are voted in each year at the Preschool’s AGM for one year. Retiring officers and committee members are eligible for re-election.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

N/A Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 N/A The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works Para 1.51 N/A

Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 N/A Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Broome and Ditchingham Preschool
Other name the charity uses	NA
Registered charity number	1037364
Charity’s principal address	Ditchingham Village Hall - Platinum Jubilee Annexe Loddon Road Ditchingham BUNGAY NR35 2QN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Tonya Fisher	Chair	October 2022
Lauren Raven	Treasurer	September 2022
Suzanne Goodfellow	Secretary	March 2020
Simone Heywood	Trustee	August 2022
Laura Myatt	Trustee	January2020
Ruth Dunning	Trustee	September 2022

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

NA





Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
NA

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

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

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

	Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address
	A



	Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

None

Other optional information

NA

Declarations

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Tonya Fisher Signature(s) Lauren Raven Tonya Fisher Full name(s) Lauren Raven Position (eg Treasurer Chair Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 22/01/2024

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