## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1/9/24 Period start date 31/8/25 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Wetley Rocks Pre School**
## **Charity registration number:1040066**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The aims of the Pre-school are to**
**enhance development and education of**
**children primarily under statutory school**
**age.**|
|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|**Offering appropriate play, educational**
**and care facilities, family learning,**
**together with the right of parents to take**
**responsibility for, and become involved**
**in activities of such groups.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes the trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **n/a** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment
|including program related
investment|||
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**n/a**|
|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|**●**
**Providing childcare to the local**
**community**
**●**
**Providing learning opportunities**
**and experiences for children**
**within the local community**
**●**
**Providing support and guidance to**
**parents**
**●**
**Preparing children for school**
**●**
**Taking part in group activities**
**●**
**Supporting children’s**
**development**
**●**
**Providing employment**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
**n/a** Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41
||||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**n/a**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**n/a**|
|Other||**n/a**|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**£74,184 - £50,043 carried over from 23/24.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Funds have been saved to ensure the**
**charity can continue to run in the event**
**that the future income is reduced.**
**Numbers fluctuate regularly throughout**
**the year as children join the setting or**
**move on to other settings.**
**We also hold a redundancy fund should**
**we need to close pre school and provide**
**our employees with redundancy**
**payments.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£74,184**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
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**|
|||**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|**Pre-school Learning Alliance Model Pre-**
**school Constitution 2011**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charity Unincorporated Organisation**|
|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|**Trustee’s are a Management Committee,**
**appointed through an Annual General**
**Meeting**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
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**|
**n/a** Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Wetley Rocks Pre School|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1040066|
|Charity’s principal address|Wetley Rocks Village Hall Mill Lane Wetley Rocks
Staffordhsire ST9 0BN|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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0|**Trustee name**|**Office (if**
**any)**|**Dates acted if**
**not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||Claire Woodyet|Chair|January 2024
- Present|Management Committee|
||Sara Adams|Secretary|October 2023
-present|Management Committee|
||Laurie Coupland|Treasurer|October 2023
-present|Management Committee|
||Laura Lowman|Trustee|October 2024
- Present|Management Committee|
||Jasmin Slack|Trustee|January 2025
- Present|Management Committee|
||Libnah Oakes|Trustee|January 2025-
present|Management Committee|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a 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**|
|---|---|---|---|
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||**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional**
**information)**|||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **n/a**
## **Other optional information**
## **n/a**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**|**C. Woodyet**|**L.Lowman**|
|---|---|---|
|**Full name(s)**|**Claire Woodyet**|**Laura Lowma**|
|**Position (eg secretary,**
**chair, etc)**|||
|**Date**|||
Wetley Rocks Pre-school
Annual Report and Financlal Statements
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
L Whittaker Taxation
O Broad Street
taffordshire
T13 5NS
Independent Examlnor's Report to the Tru8teeJ of
Wetley RockJ Pre-school
l ry>ort on the accounts of the Thlst tbr Ihe year ended 31 Au8USt 2023, whlch are 8et out on pag¢s 2 to 7.
Rospe¢tli'e responslbllltlos of tru8teeJ And exAmlner
The trn5tees are responsible for the preparntlon of Ilie accounts. The trustees con31der that an audit Is not
iuired for this )rar under sectlon 144(2) of the Charltles Act 2011(the 201 l Act) and that an Independent
exaniination is needed.
It is W Trsponsibility to:
examine the accounts under sectlon 145 ofthe 2011 Act;
folloiv the pn)cedures laid down In tlie Genernl Dlrectlong glven by the Charity Commlssion under
section 145 (5) (b) of the 2011 Act: and
stste whether particular matters have come to my attentlon.
Basts of Independent examlner's report
My examination was ¢Tled out in accordance wlth the General Dlrectlons given by the Charity Commission.
An examination includes a VIeW of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the
accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the
account& and seeking explanations from you as trustees concernin8 any such matters. The procedures
undertak.en do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is
ven as to ether the accounts present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in
statement below.
Ddependent examiner's statement
connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(l) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting
requirements of the 201 l Act
have not been met; or
(2) to whic14 in my Opinio attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
50 Broad Street
Leek
Stsffordshire
ST13 5NS
Whittaker
Whittaker Taxation
ber 2025
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Wetley Rockj Pre•School
Statement of Flnanclal Actlvltlej for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Unrejtrleted Total Funds
Fundo
2025
Total Funds
2024
Note
Ineomlng resoureej
Incomiryg resources from generated ndS
Voluntary income
Total incomin8 resources
Resources expended
Costs of genernting funds
Costs of generating voluntary income
Total Ttsourees expended
105,167
105,167
105,167
105,167
84,715
84,715
81,026
81,026
81,026
81,026
64,420
64,420
Net movements in fimds
24,141
24,141
20295
Reconelllatlon of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried fonvard
50,043
74,184
50,043
74,184
29,748
50.043
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
The charity has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.
The notes on pages 4 to 7 forni an integral part of these financial statements.
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Wetley Rocks Pre-school
Balanee Sheet a8 at 31 August 2025
2025
2024
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
74.184
Net assets
50.043
74,184
50,043
The fvnds ofthe eharlty:
Unrestrleted thnds
Unrestricted income funds
Total eharlty funds
74.184
50,043
50,043
74,184
The notes on pages 4 to 7 forni an integrnl part of these financial statements.
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Wetley Rocks Pre-school
Note8 to the Flnanclal Statement8 for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Accountln8 pollelej
Basls ofpreparntlon
The financial ststements have been prepared under the hlstorlcal cost conventlon and in accordance with the
Statement of Recommended Practlce 'Accountlng and Reportlng by Charities (SORP 2005),, Issued in
Marth 2005. applicable accountlng standards and the Charltle9 Act 2011.
nd aceountlng pollcy
UnStrIcted income funds are general funds that are avallable for use at the trustee's discretion in
furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
Flther details of each fund are dlsclosed in note 7.
Ineomlng resources
Voluntary income including donations, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general
nature is recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with
sufficient reliability.
Resources expended
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the clwity to the
expenditure. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings
that aggregate all costs related to the category.
Costs of genernting funds are the costs associated with attracting voluntary income.
Support costs
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity Cost categories on a basis
consistent with the use of resources, for example, allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capit4 stsff
costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
Operathig leases
Rentats payable under operating leases are charged in the statement of fllwicial activities on a straight line
basis over the lease terni.
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Wetley Rocki Pre-school
Notes to the FlnanelAI Statements for the Year Ended 31 Augujt 2025
2 Voluntary Income
Unrejtrlcted Total Funds Totsl Fundg
Fundg
2025
2024
Donatlons and le8aeles
15,417
15,417
16,024
1224
323
66,925
219
84.715
ACtItieS
Grants- Milk
Grants - SCC
Interest on cash deposits
342
89,173
235
105,167
342
89,173
235
105,167
3 Grants reeefvable
Unrestricted Total Funds Total Funds
Funds
2024
Grants . Milk
Grants - SCC
342
89,173
342
89,173
323
66,925
89,515
89,515
67248
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i).
Wetley Rocks Pre-school
Notes to the Flnanclal Statements for the Year Ended 31 Augujt 2025
. ¢onflnued
4 Total resourcej expended
Donatlong
and legaeles
Total
Dlrect costs
Fundraising costs
Employment costs
Rent and rates
Repairs and maintenance
oirice expenses
Sundry and other costs
Travel and subsistence
70,548
5,748
170
871
1,397
520
80,918
70,548
5.748
170
871
1.397
520
80,918
Support eosts
Accountancy fees
108
108
81,026
81.02
5 Employees, remuneratlon
The aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows:
2025
2024
Wages and salaries
70,548
53,4
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6 Rolaiod pArtl•i
Cfinirnllln8 oniity
Tho Qhirlty IJ ¢onffi)Iled by Ilio tniNIooA,
eioi>lonibor
2024
Inci)mln4
r•i()ur¢ei
Rewure•i
•xp•nded
Ae31
Au%ui¢ 2025
Goneral Fundj
Unrestrlcted Inconio nd
50,043
105,167
(81 ,02(>
74,184
et assets by fund
Unrejtrleted
Fund•
Total Fundj
2025
Total Funds
21ll4
urrent assets
74,184
74,184
74,184
74,184
50,043
30,043
assets
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Wetley Rocks Pre-school
Statement of financlal actlvltles by fund Year Ended 31 August 2025
Unrestrleted Unrestrlcled
Ineome fund Income fund
2025
2024
Incoming resour¢es
Incoming resources from generated fvnds
Voluntary income
Total incomin8 SOurceS
105.167
105.167
84,715
84.715
Resourees expended
Costs of generating funds
Costs of generating voluntary income
Total resources expended
81.026
81,026
64,420
64,420
Net movements in funds
24,141
20295
Reconciliatlon of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
50,043
74,184
29,748
50,043
This page does not form part of the statutory financlal statements.
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Wetley Rocks Pre-school
Annual Report and Financlal Statements
for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
L Whittaker Taxation
O Broad Street
taffordshire
T13 5NS
Independent Examlnor's Report to the Tru8teeJ of
Wetley RockJ Pre-school
l ry>ort on the accounts of the Thlst tbr Ihe year ended 31 Au8USt 2023, whlch are 8et out on pag¢s 2 to 7.
Rospe¢tli'e responslbllltlos of tru8teeJ And exAmlner
The trn5tees are responsible for the preparntlon of Ilie accounts. The trustees con31der that an audit Is not
iuired for this )rar under sectlon 144(2) of the Charltles Act 2011(the 201 l Act) and that an Independent
exaniination is needed.
It is W Trsponsibility to:
examine the accounts under sectlon 145 ofthe 2011 Act;
folloiv the pn)cedures laid down In tlie Genernl Dlrectlong glven by the Charity Commlssion under
section 145 (5) (b) of the 2011 Act: and
stste whether particular matters have come to my attentlon.
Basts of Independent examlner's report
My examination was ¢Tled out in accordance wlth the General Dlrectlons given by the Charity Commission.
An examination includes a VIeW of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the
accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the
account& and seeking explanations from you as trustees concernin8 any such matters. The procedures
undertak.en do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is
ven as to ether the accounts present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in
statement below.
Ddependent examiner's statement
connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(l) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Act; and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting
requirements of the 201 l Act
have not been met; or
(2) to whic14 in my Opinio attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
50 Broad Street
Leek
Stsffordshire
ST13 5NS
Whittaker
Whittaker Taxation
ber 2025
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Wetley Rockj Pre•School
Statement of Flnanclal Actlvltlej for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Unrejtrleted Total Funds
Fundo
2025
Total Funds
2024
Note
Ineomlng resoureej
Incomiryg resources from generated ndS
Voluntary income
Total incomin8 resources
Resources expended
Costs of genernting funds
Costs of generating voluntary income
Total Ttsourees expended
105,167
105,167
105,167
105,167
84,715
84,715
81,026
81,026
81,026
81,026
64,420
64,420
Net movements in fimds
24,141
24,141
20295
Reconelllatlon of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried fonvard
50,043
74,184
50,043
74,184
29,748
50.043
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
The charity has no recognised gains or losses for the year other than the results above.
The notes on pages 4 to 7 forni an integral part of these financial statements.
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Wetley Rocks Pre-school
Balanee Sheet a8 at 31 August 2025
2025
2024
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
74.184
Net assets
50.043
74,184
50,043
The fvnds ofthe eharlty:
Unrestrleted thnds
Unrestricted income funds
Total eharlty funds
74.184
50,043
50,043
74,184
The notes on pages 4 to 7 forni an integrnl part of these financial statements.
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Wetley Rocks Pre-school
Note8 to the Flnanclal Statement8 for the Year Ended 31 August 2025
Accountln8 pollelej
Basls ofpreparntlon
The financial ststements have been prepared under the hlstorlcal cost conventlon and in accordance with the
Statement of Recommended Practlce 'Accountlng and Reportlng by Charities (SORP 2005),, Issued in
Marth 2005. applicable accountlng standards and the Charltle9 Act 2011.
nd aceountlng pollcy
UnStrIcted income funds are general funds that are avallable for use at the trustee's discretion in
furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
Flther details of each fund are dlsclosed in note 7.
Ineomlng resources
Voluntary income including donations, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general
nature is recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with
sufficient reliability.
Resources expended
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the clwity to the
expenditure. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings
that aggregate all costs related to the category.
Costs of genernting funds are the costs associated with attracting voluntary income.
Support costs
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity Cost categories on a basis
consistent with the use of resources, for example, allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capit4 stsff
costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
Operathig leases
Rentats payable under operating leases are charged in the statement of fllwicial activities on a straight line
basis over the lease terni.
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Wetley Rocki Pre-school
Notes to the FlnanelAI Statements for the Year Ended 31 Augujt 2025
2 Voluntary Income
Unrejtrlcted Total Funds Totsl Fundg
Fundg
2025
2024
Donatlons and le8aeles
15,417
15,417
16,024
1224
323
66,925
219
84.715
ACtItieS
Grants- Milk
Grants - SCC
Interest on cash deposits
342
89,173
235
105,167
342
89,173
235
105,167
3 Grants reeefvable
Unrestricted Total Funds Total Funds
Funds
2024
Grants . Milk
Grants - SCC
342
89,173
342
89,173
323
66,925
89,515
89,515
67248
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i).
Wetley Rocks Pre-school
Notes to the Flnanclal Statements for the Year Ended 31 Augujt 2025
. ¢onflnued
4 Total resourcej expended
Donatlong
and legaeles
Total
Dlrect costs
Fundraising costs
Employment costs
Rent and rates
Repairs and maintenance
oirice expenses
Sundry and other costs
Travel and subsistence
70,548
5,748
170
871
1,397
520
80,918
70,548
5.748
170
871
1.397
520
80,918
Support eosts
Accountancy fees
108
108
81,026
81.02
5 Employees, remuneratlon
The aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows:
2025
2024
Wages and salaries
70,548
53,4
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li
iiliiiiii
6 Rolaiod pArtl•i
Cfinirnllln8 oniity
Tho Qhirlty IJ ¢onffi)Iled by Ilio tniNIooA,
eioi>lonibor
2024
Inci)mln4
r•i()ur¢ei
Rewure•i
•xp•nded
Ae31
Au%ui¢ 2025
Goneral Fundj
Unrestrlcted Inconio nd
50,043
105,167
(81 ,02(>
74,184
et assets by fund
Unrejtrleted
Fund•
Total Fundj
2025
Total Funds
21ll4
urrent assets
74,184
74,184
74,184
74,184
50,043
30,043
assets
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Wetley Rocks Pre-school
Statement of financlal actlvltles by fund Year Ended 31 August 2025
Unrestrleted Unrestrlcled
Ineome fund Income fund
2025
2024
Incoming resour¢es
Incoming resources from generated fvnds
Voluntary income
Total incomin8 SOurceS
105.167
105.167
84,715
84.715
Resourees expended
Costs of generating funds
Costs of generating voluntary income
Total resources expended
81.026
81,026
64,420
64,420
Net movements in funds
24,141
20295
Reconciliatlon of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
50,043
74,184
29,748
50,043
This page does not form part of the statutory financlal statements.
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