**Registered Charity No: 1038703**
## **BURTON ON THE WOLDS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP**
## **Annual Report and Financial Statements**
**For the year ended**
**31 March 2025**
**BURTON ON THE WOLDS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
|**CONTENTS**|Page|
|---|---|
|Reference and Administrative Information|2|
|Trustees’ Annual Report|3 - 5|
|Independent Examiner’s Report|6|
|Receipts and Payments Account|7|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities|8|
|Detailed Receipts and Payments Account|9|
|Funds Analysis|10|
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## **BURTON ON THE WOLDS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
The Trustees of Burton on the Wolds Pre-school Playgroup present their report and financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2025.
## **Reference and Administrative Information**
|Charity name:|Burton on the Wolds Pre-school Playgroup||
|---|---|---|
|Charity registration|1038703||
|no:|||
|Principal address:|The Village Hall||
||Loughborough Road||
||Burton on the Wolds||
||Loughborough||
||LE12 5AF||
|Board of Trustees:|Jenny Gay – Chair||
||Katie Wallis||
||Victoria Taylor||
||Jade Copson|Appointed 26/06/2024|
||Danny Whitbread-Wood|Appointed 26/06/2024|
||Sophie De Silva|Appointed 26/06/2024|
||Katie Smith|Resigned 26/06/2024|
||Jessica Price|Resigned 26/06/2024|
||Kirsty Hillier|Resigned 26/06/2024|
||Megan MacMillan|Resigned 26/06/2024|
||Stephanie Whitbread-Wood|Resigned 26/06/2024|
||Rachel Kennedy|Resigned 26/06/2023|
|Committee:|Jenny Gay|Chair|
||Sophie Da Silva|Treasurer|
||Jade Copson|Secretary|
||Danny Whitbread-Wood|Fundraising Co-ordinator|
||Victoria Taylor|Advisor|
||Katie Wallis|Advisor|
||Lauren Fleming|Member|
||Emma Robinson|Member|
|Independent|Stephanie J Beeston-Clarke FCCA||
|Examiner:|Beeston Clarke Accountants Limited||
||_Chartered Certified Accountants_||
||92 Gladstone Street||
||Winsford||
||Cheshire||
||CW7 4AZ||
|Bankers:|Santander||
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**BURTON ON THE WOLDS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **Structure, Governance, and Management**
Burton-on-the-Wolds Pre-school Playgroup is a member of the Pre-School Learning Alliance and is governed by its Constitution.
The overall management and control of the Pre-school rests with the individual members of its Management Committee. As well as being responsible for the management of the Preschool the Committee members are also the Charity Trustees of the Pre-school.
Committee members are recruited in accordance with the Pre-School Learning Alliance constitution.
## **Objectives, Activities, Achievements and Performance**
The aims of the Pre-school are 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 by:
1. Offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of the groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability.
2. Encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas.
3. Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.
In shaping our objectives and planning our activities, the Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, including the guidance ‘public benefit: running a Charity (PB2)’ and the activities we provide fully reflect the purposes for which the Charity was set up.
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
- 43 children on role as of May 2025
- Went through two rounds of recruitment and now employ seven permanent members of staff, and one on a fixed-term basis (ending July 4[th] 2025).
- Recruited another member of bank staff, to assist with consistent staffing levels and help during particularly busy periods – now have two bank staff.
- Continued to run popular ‘Stay and Play’ sessions at weekends (linked to the Preschool but run by volunteers from the fundraising committee)
- A series of extremely successful fundraising activities, with a forthcoming community event in the planning.
- Updated and introduced new policies.
- Set up a new website to promote the Pre-school.
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**BURTON ON THE WOLDS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## Plans for the Future
We will continue to offer high-quality provision in line with our objectives, to a diversity of preschool age children. We will invest in staff development to support and enhance the service we provide. We will invest in learning resources to support our objectives and responsibilities. We will continue to build strong relationships with the village community.
## **Financial Review**
The accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025 ended with a surplus of net receipts over payments of £10,340 (2024: deficit of £22,929).
Income in the period was mainly from government childcare funding £90,482 (2024: £39,492), parent fees £32,425 (2024: £30,178) and fundraising events £9,015 (2024: £4,908).
Total expenditure for the period was £125,331 (2024: £100,765).
Total unrestricted funds held at 31 March 2025 and available for use towards the general objectives of the charity were £60,922 (2024: £50,513).
Restricted funds held at 31 March 2025, which are to be used for the specific projects they were donated for, were £nil (2024: £69).
## Reserves Policy
The Pre-school keeps at least 3 months’ worth of expenditure in reserve. Current reserves levels have reduced from 6 to 5 months’ worth of expenditure. The management committee continue to work with the manager to determine suitable ways in which to spend/invest the surplus funds to further enhance the provision, in line with the Charitable Objectives and in support of the plans for the future. These include staff training, outings for the children and key pieces of new equipment.
## Trustee Fees/Expenses
No payments were made to trustees during the period.
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## **BURTON ON THE WOLDS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the Financial Statements**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP 2019 (FRS 102);
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Declaration**
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
## J Gay
Signature _______ J Gay (Jun 24, 2025 18:00 GMT+1) _____________
Full name Jenny Gay Position Chair
Date ____________________
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## **BURTON ON THE WOLDS PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
## **Independent examiner’s report to the Trustees of Burton on the Wolds Pre-School Playgroup**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts Burton on the Wolds Pre-School Playgroup for the period ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 7 to 10.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts as required under section 145 of the 2011 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 Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
(2) that accounts do not accord with those records; or
(3) that 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 the 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.
Steph Beeston-Clarke (Jun 24, 2025 15:55 GMT+1)
Stephanie J Beeston-Clarke FCCA Dated: Beeston-Clarke Accountants Limited _Chartered Certified Accountants_ 92 Gladstone Street Winsford Cheshire CW7 4AZ
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## **Burton on the Wolds Pre-School Playgroup**
## **Receipts & Payments Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**Note**
**RECEIPTS**
**1**
Donations
Grants
Charitable Activities
Fundraising Events
Other Income
**Total receipts**
**PAYMENTS**
**1**
Fundraising costs
Charitable Activities
Governance costs
**Total payments**
**Net receipts/(payments)**
**Transfers between funds**
Funds @ 31.3.2024
**2**
**Funds @ 31.3.2025**
**2**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Designated**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**31/03/2025**|Unrestricted
funds
Designated
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
31/03/2024|
|---|---|---|
||**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**1,100**
**-**
**-**
**1,100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**123,217**
**-**
**-**
**123,217**
**9,015**
**-**
**-**
**9,015**
**2,339**
**-**
**-**
**2,339**|£
£
£
£
248
-
-
248
-
-
-
-
69,998
-
-
69,998
4,908
-
-
4,908
2,682
-
-
2,682|
||**135,671**
**-**
**-**
**135,671**|77,836
-
-
77,836|
||**1,184**
**-**
**-**
**1,184**
**122,638**
**-**
**69**
**122,707**
**1,440**
**-**
**-**
**1,440**|927
-
-
927
98,165
99
278
98,542
1,296
-
-
1,296|
||**125,262**
**-**
**69**
**125,331**|100,388
99
278
100,765|
||**10,409**
**-**
**(69)**
**10,340**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
50,513
-
69
50,582|(22,552)
(99)
(278)
(22,929)
-
-
-
-
73,065
99
347
73,511|
||**60,922**
**-**
**-**
**60,922**|50,513
-
69
50,582|
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## **Burton on the Wolds Pre-School Playgroup**
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities**
## **as at 31 March 2025**
|**CASH FUNDS**
Cash at Bank & in Hand
**Total Cash funds**
**Total Funds**
**ASSETS**
Social Security
**LIABILITIES**
Pension
Social Security
Rent
Independent Examination
Suppliers
**Total Liabilities**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Designated**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**60,922**
**-**
**-**
**60,922**
**60,922**
**-**
**-**
**60,922**
**60,922**
**-**
**-**
**60,922**
**1,771**
**-**
**-**
**1,771**
**31/03/2025**|Unrestricted
funds
Designated
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
£
£
£
£
50,513
-
69
50,582
31/03/2024|
|---|---|---|
|||50,513
-
69
50,582|
||||
|||50,513
-
69
50,582|
|||-
-
-
-|
||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,088**
**-**
**-**
**3,088**
**1,560**
**-**
**-**
**1,560**
**58**
**-**
**-**
**58**
**4,706**
**-**
**-**
**4,706**|206
-
-
206
1,502
-
-
1,502
2,346
-
-
2,346
1,440
-
-
1,440
92
-
-
92|
|||5,585
-
-
5,585|
The receipts & payments accounts were approved by the Trustees on …........................................ and were signed on their behalf by:
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J Gay (Jun 24, 2025 18:00 GMT+1)
Jenny Gay Chair
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## **Burton on the Wolds Pre-School Playgroup**
## **Notes to the Receipts & Payments Accounts**
## **for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **1. Detailed Receipts & Payments Account**
|**RECEIPTS**
Donations
Fees Received
New Starter Deposits
Nursery Education Vouchers
Fundraising Income
Grants
Milk Reimbursement
Bank Interest Received
Funded Courses Income
Sale of Uniform
Other Income
**Total receipts**
**PAYMENTS**
**_Fundraising costs_**
Fundraising
**_Charitable activities_**
Rent
Session Costs
Wages
Bank Staff
Milk
Equipment
Staff & Committee Gifts
Subscriptions
HR Fees
Staff Training
Staff Travel
Staff Subsistence
Staff Uniform
DBS Checks
Telephone & Internet
IT Costs
Printing, Postage & Stationery
Insurance
Payroll
Bank charges
Other Expenses
**_Governance_**
Independent Examination
**Total payments**
**Net receipts/(payments)**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Designated**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**31/03/2025**|Unrestricted
funds
Designated
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
31/03/2024|
|---|---|---|
||**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**1,100**
**-**
**-**
**1,100**
**32,425**
**-**
**-**
**32,425**
**30**
**-**
**-**
**30**
**90,482**
**-**
**-**
**90,482**
**9,015**
**-**
**-**
**9,015**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**280**
**-**
**-**
**280**
**2,141**
**-**
**-**
**2,141**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**48**
**-**
**-**
**48**
**150**
**-**
**-**
**150**|£
£
£
£
248
-
-
248
30,178
-
-
30,178
30
-
-
30
39,492
-
-
39,492
4,908
-
-
4,908
-
-
-
-
297
-
-
297
2,463
-
-
2,463
175
-
-
175
44
-
-
44
-
-
-
-|
||**135,671**
**-**
**-**
**135,671**|77,836
-
-
77,836|
||**1,184**
**-**
**-**
**1,184**
**9,419**
**-**
**-**
**9,419**
**3,375**
**-**
**-**
**3,375**
**101,592**
**-**
**-**
**101,592**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**168**
**-**
**-**
**168**
**2,080**
**-**
**69**
**2,149**
**143**
**-**
**-**
**143**
**3,282**
**-**
**-**
**3,282**
**395**
**-**
**-**
**395**
**238**
**-**
**-**
**238**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**56**
**-**
**-**
**56**
**192**
**-**
**-**
**192**
**237**
**-**
**-**
**237**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**137**
**-**
**-**
**137**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,067**
**-**
**-**
**1,067**
**41**
**-**
**-**
**41**
**215**
**-**
**-**
**215**|927
-
-
927
8,904
-
-
8,904
3,597
-
-
3,597
75,003
-
-
75,003
2,751
-
-
2,751
278
-
-
278
2,568
99
278
2,945
-
-
-
-
2,332
-
-
2,332
-
-
-
-
375
-
-
375
29
-
-
29
65
-
-
65
141
-
-
141
152
-
-
152
244
-
-
244
23
-
-
23
31
-
-
31
798
-
-
798
690
-
-
690
9
-
-
9
175
-
-
175|
||**122,638**
**-**
**69**
**122,707**
**1,440**
**-**
**-**
**1,440**|98,165
99
278
98,542
1,296
-
-
1,296|
||**1,440**
**-**
**-**
**1,440**|1,296
-
-
1,296|
||**125,262**
**-**
**69**
**125,331**|100,388
99
278
100,765|
||||
||**10,409**
**-**
**(69)**
**10,340**|(22,552)
(99)
(278)
(22,929)|
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**Burton on the Wolds Pre-School Playgroup**
## **Notes to the Receipts & Payments Accounts**
## **for the year ended**
## **31 March 2025**
|**2.**
**Restricted funds**
Active Travel Grant
**Unrestricted funds**
**Total funds**
**Funds analysis**|B/fwd
1 April 2024
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
Between Funds
C/fwd
31 March 2025
69
-
69
-
-|
|---|---|
||**69**
**-**
**69**
**-**
**-**|
||50,513
135,671
125,262
-
60,922|
||**50,582**
**135,671**
**125,331**
**-**
**60,922**|
## **3. Grants**
## **Active Travel Grant**
A £500 grant from Leicestershire County Council for Early Years active travel funding was received in the year ended 31 March 2023 and the final amount was spent in the year to 31 March 2025.
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