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2021-03-31-accounts

Trustees Annual Report for the Period – 1[st] April 2020 to 31[st] March 2021

Charity Name – St Clare’s Pre-School

Charity Registration Number – 1038772

Principal Address –

St Clare’s Pre-School Hawthorne Rd Lache Chester CH4 8HX

Charity Trustees –

Serving Within the Year

C Archer – Chair J Gilmartin C Cross A Arrowsmith S-J Quince - Fundraising G Bailey - Secretary C Prior / V Grigorova – Treasurer

Senior Nursery Staff – E Prior / B Cross

The Charity Trusts Constitution Details

Governing Document – Pre-School Learning Alliance Constitution.

Charity Constitution – Committee of 12 (Maximum) Trustees (Minimum 5) with 50% + 2 Officers to be Quorate.

Trustees Nomination / Selection Process – Existing Trustees to Confirm Nominations.

Additional Governance Issues –

The Childcare Act 2006, DfE EYFS Guidance 2014, Local Safeguarding Board Guidance.

Summary Objectives of the Charity –

To provide high quality childcare to the local community at a non-commercial cost within the confines of the DfE EYFS Guidance.

Summary of the Main Activities Undertaken for Public Benefit -

In planning the Charities’ activities within this year, the Trustees were mindful of the Charity Commission’s requirement to deliver public benefit and as such:

St Clare’s seeks to always offer a quality setting environment (Ofsted ‘Good’) that is priced below local commercial Nursery operators, enabling access to parents and children of ‘low income’ families.

Additionally, St Clare’s actively foster engagement with the local community and through prudent financial management are able to offer several outings to children each year, thus providing ‘wider world’ experiences that typically are unaffordable to relevant parents.

The setting actively encourages the children to explore, celebrate and learn in relation to other local cultures and beliefs that are represented in the Lache and surrounding community.

Summary of the Main Achievements and Activities of the Charity Within the Year –

St Clare’s has continued to be an affordable childcare option for families in the local community thus giving a lot of parents the opportunity to gain employment / training knowing their children are in a safe environment. Our fees are £15.00 for a three-hour session which is lower than other childcare establishments in the local area. St Clare’s continues to be at near maximum occupancy numbers with a short waiting list.

We continue to maintain strong links with the linked Primary School, with the rising school children visiting regularly for activities to gain confidence in the new environment. This provides a smoother transition when they start reception. The children also visit St Clare’s Church once a month for “messy play” sessions, helped by a key Trustee, who also forms the link with the Church and on the Board of Governors at the Primary School. St Clare’s had an Ofsted inspection in January 2019 – maintaining its GOOD status.

It should be recognised that the Pre-School closed on a number of occasions during the year due to ‘Lockdown’ and Child C19 Infections, with Key Worker Children only attending at some points in the year. This clearly disrupted a number of planned activities.

Other activities have included –

All the Operating Policies and Procedures continue to be updated on a regular basis in line with PSLA Guidance.

Statement on the Charities Policy on Reserves -

Within the Financial Statements a figure of £42.6k is presented as Total Funds, of which £20.0k is Designated Funds – Reserves.

This is the figure as agreed by the Trustees to be held in Reserve to meet specific Statutory / Contractual costs should the Charity cease to operate – Staff Redundancy, Premises Rent Notice and other recognised ‘winding-up’ costs.

The Charity is not in deficit after making such a Reserve.

Declaration –

The Trustees confirm that they have approved this Trustees Report:

Signed on behalf of the Charities Trustees –

Signature

Name – C Archer

Position - Chair

Date – 14/10/21

ST CLARE'S PRE-SCHOOL ST CLARE'S PRE-SCHOOL ST CLARE'S PRE-SCHOOL Charity No
(if any)		 1038772 CC39a
Annualaccountsforthe period
Period start
date		 01/04/2020 To Period end
date		 31/03/2021
Section A Statement of financial activities
Descriptions by natural
category
Note
Incoming resources (Note 3)
Fees for Charitable Services
Grants for Services
Fundraising Events
Donations, legacies and Grants
Interest and dividends
S01
Resources expended (Notes 4-7)
Wages, Salaries, Pensions and NI
Rent and Rates
Insurance / Subscriptions
Telephone Postage and Stationery
Legal and Professional Fees
Food and Consumables
Toys and Books
Fixtures and Fittings
Travel / Training and Sundry Expenses
C19 2020/2021 Disruption Provision
C19 2021 Provision Reversal
S02
S03
S04
S05
S06
S07
S08
S09
Total resources expended
Total incoming resources
Total funds brought forward
Net movement in funds
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before
transfers
Gains and losses on investment assets
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed
assets for the charity’s own use
Other recognised gains/(losses)
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before
other recognised gains/(losses)
Gross transfers between funds		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
£
£
£
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05
21,009 - - 21,009 27,734
125,375 - - 125,375 134,363
1,682 - - 1,682 1,100
- -
- - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
148,066 - - 148,066 163,197
122,009 - - 122,009 124,565
3,823 - - 3,823 660
1,110 - - 1,110 1,090
1,509 - - 1,509 477
4,801 - - 4,801 4,505
1,644 - - 1,644 1,692
4,148 - - 4,148 3,069
778 - - 778 2,263
1,707 - - 1,707 2,301
- - 10,000
5,000
-		 - - 5,000
-		 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
136,529 - - 136,529 150,622
11,537 - - 11,537 12,575
- - - - -
11,537 - - 11,537 12,575
- - - - -
- - - - -
11,537 - - 11,537 12,575
- - - -

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Total funds carried forward S10 27,982 - - 27,982 16,445

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/
members of
On accounts for the year
ended
Set out on pages		 Charity Name
St Clare’s Pre-School		 Charity Name
St Clare’s Pre-School		 Charity Name
St Clare’s Pre-School
31/03/21 Charity no
(if any)		 1038772
CC39a
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended31/08/2019.

Report to the trustees/ members of

Responsibilties and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report 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 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 (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

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.

Signed: N Oates Date: 14/10/21 Name: Mr N Oates – ACMA / GCMA Relevant professional Institute of Chartered Management Accountants qualification(s) or body + Global Corporate Management Accountants (if any):

Oct 2018

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Address: Greenfield Lock, Christleton, Chester, CH3 5PN

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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 .

N/A

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