## **Trustees Annual Report for the Period – 1[st] April 2021 to 31[st] March 2022** ## **Charity Name – St Clare’s Pre-School** ## **Charity Registration Number – 1038772** ## **Principal Address –** St Clare’s Pre-School Hawthorn Rd Lache Chester CH4 8HX ## **Charity Trustees –** Serving Within the Year C Archer – Chair J Gilmartin 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 noncommercial 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 we 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. Other activities have included – - A family sports day / dress-up Days - Student Placements from Chester University – assisted with Leaver’s celebration - Leaver’s celebration - Fundraising – Halloween Sponsored Walk, Easter, Lache Christmas Fair/ Party etc - A series of parent information meetings to promote engagement in the operation of the nursery and to encourage parents to become Trustees / Members - Parents commencing a ‘stay and play’ programme – Crafts - Weekly Toddler Group at Lache Community Centre - Delamere Forest Trip on 30[th] March 2022 - Participated in Christmas Display for St Mark’s Church, Saltney - Staff team building – paintballing and Bargain Hunt - Professor Potty – Science Show in July 2021 - Employed 2 new members of staff – Bethan Weatherly and Natasha Ebbrell - Joined The Whitworth Art Gallery via Zoom for month play live sessions - Participated in Maths Champion Research Project in conjunction with the University of York and NDNA - Revised and created our own EYFS curriculum as a team 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 £41.2k 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. Within the year the Charity benefited from a financial donation from a local ‘like’ Charity. ## **Declaration –** The Trustees confirm that they have approved this Trustees Report: Signed on behalf of the Charities Trustees – Signature Name – C Archer Position – Chair of Trustees Date - 3011112022 |ST CLARE'S PRE-SCHOOL
1038772
**CC39a**
Annual accounts for the period
4/1/2021
**To**
3/31/2022
Charity No
(if any)
Period start
date
Period end
date|ST CLARE'S PRE-SCHOOL|ST CLARE'S PRE-SCHOOL|ST CLARE'S PRE-SCHOOL|Charity No
(if any)|1038772|**CC39a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Annual accounts for the period|||||| ||Period start
date|4/1/2021|**To**|Period end
date|3/31/2022|| |**Section A Statement of fnancial activities**||||||| |Note
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Incoming resources (Note 3)**
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05
Fees for Charitable Services
26,172 - - 26,172 21,009
Grants for Services
142,395 - - 142,395 125,375
Fundraising Events
1,569 - - 1,569 1,682
Donations, legacies and Grants
10,545 - - 10,545
Interest and dividends
- - - -
HMRC
186 - - 186 -
Trips
390 - - 390 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
**_Total incoming resources_**
S01 181,257 - - 181,257 148,066
**Resources expended (Notes 4-7)**
Wages, Salaries, Pensions and NI
130,751 - - 130,751 122,009
Rent and Rates
5,820 - - 5,820 3,823
Insurance / Subscriptions
1,103 - - 1,103 1,110
Telephone Postage and Stationery
3,019 - - 3,019 1,509
Legal and Professional Fees
4,399 - - 4,399 4,801
Food and Consumables
1,675 - - 1,675 1,644
Toys and Books
7,039 - - 7,039 4,148
Fixtures and Fittings
4,626 - - 4,626 778
Travel / Training and Sundry Expenses
2,427 - - 2,427 1,707
10,000 - - 10,000
C19 2021 Provision Reversal
- -
- 5,000
Trips
516 - - 516 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
**_Total resources expended_**
S02
- - 171,375 136,529
S03
9,882 - - 9,882 11,537
**_Gross transfers between funds_**
S04
- - - - -
S05
9,882 - - 9,882 11,537
S06
- - - - -
Gains and losses on investment assets
S07
- - - - -
**_Net movement in funds_**
S08
9,882 - - 9,882 11,537
**Total funds brought forward**
S09
- - - -
**Descriptions by natural**
**category**
**Unrestricte**
**d funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total this**
**year**
**Total last**
**year**
BSC / ASC F & F - Resources -
Recruitment Provision
**_Net incoming/(outgoing) resources_**
**_before transfers_**
**_Net incoming/(outgoing) resources_**
**_before other recognised gains/(losses)_**
**Other recognised** **gains/(losses)**
Gains and losses on revaluation of fxed assets
for the charity’s own use||||||| |||-|-|-|-|-| |||-|-|-|-|-| |||9,882|-|-|9,882|11,537| |||-|-|-|-|| CC17a (Excel) 01/30/2023 1 _**Total funds carried forward**_ S10 37,864 - - 37,864 27,982 CC17a (Excel) 2 01/30/2023 ## **Section B Balance sheet** |Note
**Total this year**
**Total last year**
**£**
**£**
**Fixed assets**
F01
F02
**Tangible assets (Note 8)**
B01
2,656 3,320
B02
-
**Investments (Note 9)**
B03
- -
**_Total fxed assets_**
B04
2,656 3,320
**Current assets**
**Stock and work in progress**
B05
180 225
**Debtors (Note 10)**
B06
205 277
**(Short term) investments**
B07
10,000 10,000
**Cash at bank and in hand**
B08
28,808 29,413
**_Total current assets_**
B09
39,193 39,915
B10
650 590
**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**
B11
38,543 39,325
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
B12
41,199 42,645
B13
- -
**Provisions for liabilities and charges**
B14
- -
**_Net assets_**
B15
41,199 42,645
**Funds of the Charity**
**Unrestricted funds**
B16
21,199 22,645
**Designated funds**
B17
20,000 20,000
**Total unrestricted funds**
41,199 42,645
B18
- -
B19
- -
**_Total funds_**
B20
41,199 42,645
Signature
Date of approval
C Archer Chairperson
C Archer
**11/30/2022**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one**
**year (Note 11)**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after one**
**year (Note 11)**
**Restricted income funds (Note 12)**
**Endowment funds(Note 12)**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees|Note
**Total this year**
**Total last year**
**£**
**£**
**Fixed assets**
F01
F02
**Tangible assets (Note 8)**
B01
2,656 3,320
B02
-
**Investments (Note 9)**
B03
- -
**_Total fxed assets_**
B04
2,656 3,320
**Current assets**
**Stock and work in progress**
B05
180 225
**Debtors (Note 10)**
B06
205 277
**(Short term) investments**
B07
10,000 10,000
**Cash at bank and in hand**
B08
28,808 29,413
**_Total current assets_**
B09
39,193 39,915
B10
650 590
**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**
B11
38,543 39,325
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
B12
41,199 42,645
B13
- -
**Provisions for liabilities and charges**
B14
- -
**_Net assets_**
B15
41,199 42,645
**Funds of the Charity**
**Unrestricted funds**
B16
21,199 22,645
**Designated funds**
B17
20,000 20,000
**Total unrestricted funds**
41,199 42,645
B18
- -
B19
- -
**_Total funds_**
B20
41,199 42,645
Signature
Date of approval
C Archer Chairperson
C Archer
**11/30/2022**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one**
**year (Note 11)**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after one**
**year (Note 11)**
**Restricted income funds (Note 12)**
**Endowment funds(Note 12)**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees|Note
**Total this year**
**Total last year**
**£**
**£**
**Fixed assets**
F01
F02
**Tangible assets (Note 8)**
B01
2,656 3,320
B02
-
**Investments (Note 9)**
B03
- -
**_Total fxed assets_**
B04
2,656 3,320
**Current assets**
**Stock and work in progress**
B05
180 225
**Debtors (Note 10)**
B06
205 277
**(Short term) investments**
B07
10,000 10,000
**Cash at bank and in hand**
B08
28,808 29,413
**_Total current assets_**
B09
39,193 39,915
B10
650 590
**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**
B11
38,543 39,325
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
B12
41,199 42,645
B13
- -
**Provisions for liabilities and charges**
B14
- -
**_Net assets_**
B15
41,199 42,645
**Funds of the Charity**
**Unrestricted funds**
B16
21,199 22,645
**Designated funds**
B17
20,000 20,000
**Total unrestricted funds**
41,199 42,645
B18
- -
B19
- -
**_Total funds_**
B20
41,199 42,645
Signature
Date of approval
C Archer Chairperson
C Archer
**11/30/2022**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one**
**year (Note 11)**
**Creditors: amounts falling due after one**
**year (Note 11)**
**Restricted income funds (Note 12)**
**Endowment funds(Note 12)**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees| |---|---|---| ||Signature
Date of approval|| |||| ||C Archer|**11/30/2022**| CC17a (Excel) 3 01/30/2023 ## **Section C Notes to the ac** ## Note 1 **Basis of preparation** _**This section should be completed by all charities** ._ ## **1.1 Basis of accounting** These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic co value) in accordance with: - Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recom • and with* x Accounting Standards; or Financial Reporting Standards for - and with the Charities Act. - [** except for the following]. _**No changes to standards**_ - -Tick as appropriate: - if all relevant disclosures shown in the pack have been given - if disclosures completed in these accounts have been restrict - “Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE)”. ** - If no departures from the chosen standards have been made then in the boxes. ## **1.2 Change in basis of accounting** There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation except for the following). _**The attached accounting statements continue in the de been developed within the policy of Cash Accounting**_ - § if no changes have been made to accounting policies then delete th ## **1.3 Changes to previous accounts** No changes have been made to accounts for previous years (§§ ## _**No changes have been made to accounting statements**_ CC17a (Excel) 01/30/2023 4 CC17a IExcell 0113012023 ## **ccounts** st (except that investments are shown at market mmended Practice (SORP 2005); Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE); then please tick “Accounting Standards”; ted to those required by the FRSSE, then please tick n delete these words; otherwise give details of any changes n rules and methods of accounting) since last year (§ ## _**gignated Charity Commission format and have**_ hese words. - § except for the following). _**for previous years**_ CC17a (Excel) 6 01/30/2023 CC17a IExcell 0113012023 ## **Section C Notes to the accounts (co** ## **Note 2 Accounting policies** _**This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.**_ ## **INCOMING RESOURCES** |**Recognition of incoming**|These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:| |---|---| |**resources**|· the charity becomes entitled to the resources;| ||· the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and| ||· the monetary value can be measured with sufcient reliability.| |**Incoming resources with**|Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income)| |**related expenditure**|the incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.| |**Grants and donations**|Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional| ||entitlement to the resources.| |**Tax reclaims on donations**|Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to| |**and gifts**|which they relate.| |**Contractual income and**|This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.| |**performance related grants**|| |**Gifts in kind**|Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the
amount actually realised.| ||Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or| ||distributed by the charity.| ||Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when| ||receivable.| |**Donated services and**|These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources| |**facilities**|expended) where the beneft to the charity is reasonably quantifable, measurable and material_._| ||The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or| ||facility received.| |**Volunteer help**|The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the
trustees’ annual report.| |**Investment income**|This is included in the accounts when receivable.| |**Investment gains and losses**|This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from| ||revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.| |**EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES**|| |**Liability recognition**|Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the| ||charity to pay out resources.| |**Grants with performance**|Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specifc level of service| |**conditions**|or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the| ||grant has provided the specifed service or output.| |**Grants payable without**|These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are| |**performance conditions**|no conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity.| |**ASSETS**|| |**Tangible fxed assets for use**|
These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They| |**by charity**|are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt.| |**Investments**|Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year| ||end. Other investment assets are included at trustees' best estimate of market value.| |**Stocks and work in progress**|These are valued at the lower of cost or market value.| |**POLICIES ADOPTED**
**ADDITIONAL TO OR**
**DIFFERENT FROM THOSE**
**ABOVE**|N/A


| CC17a (Excel) 8 01/30/2023 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name St Clare’s Pre-School 31/03/22 **On accounts for the year ended** **Charity** 1038772 **no (if any)** **Set out on pages** CC39a I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/08/2019.** ## **Responsibilties and basis of report** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation 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 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: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did 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 any 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. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** N Oates **Date:** 30/11/22 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** **Name:** Mr N Oates – ACMA / GCMA **Relevant** Institutes of Chartered Management Accountants **professional** + Global Corporate Management Accountants **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **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). 2 **Oct 2018** **IER** **Give here brief details of any items** N/A **that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 3 **Oct 2018** **IER**