## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/09/2023 Period start date To 31/08/2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Openwoodgate Pre-school**
## **Charity registration number: 1040737**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To offer play, care and educational**
**facilities for children age 2-4 in line with**
**the Early Years Alliance.**|
|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|**To encourage the study of local needs**
**of such children and their families by**
**offering school term pre-school**
**sessions.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**N/A**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
||Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|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|||
|Other|||
## **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|**Openwoodgate is a popular local Pre-**
**school with approximately 40 children**
**on role.**
**We continue to offer hot lunches. We**
**also offer extra-curricular activities**
**including:**
**Phonics sessions**
**Woodland sessions**
**Yoga and Mindfulness sessions**
**Football sessions and Dance sessions.**
**Children uptake and numbers were**
**good from the start of this year and**
**continued throughout the academic**
**year.**
**We had a Rental Increase in January**
**2024.**
**Pay increases were issued in April 2024,**
**to reflect the National Living Wage**
**increase. This then, in turn, effected our**
**Pension costs.**
**We made a total surplus of £10,608 this**
**year.**
**We held a Christmas Fayre, a sponsored**
**obstacle course on our annual sports**
**day and a Summer Fayre. money raised**
**went towards play equipment for our**
**outdoor area, indoor area, resources**
**and woodland sessions. It also went**
**towards an entertainer for the children’s**
**Graduation.**
**Monies have since been spent on new**
**equipment and resources for the**
**children, indoors and outdoors.**
**We spent monies on two entertainers for**
**the children (one at Easter and one at**
**Graduation) and an ice cream van treat**
**for our school leavers.**
**We have also been able to place monies**
**back into our reserves account for any**
**potential redundancies.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We have £949.01 in the current account**
**on 31/08/2024.**|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We have a reserve account which**
**contains redundancy and notice period**
**pay, if ever required. We continue,**
**where we can to top this up.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£13,645.55**|
|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 Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46
|social investment policy
adopted|||
|---|---|---|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Early Years Alliance Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Non profit group**|
|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|**Elected by members**|
## **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||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Openwoodgate Pre-school|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1040737|
|Charity’s principal address|St Marks Church Hall
Over Lane
Openwoodgate Preschool
Belper
Derbyshire, DE56 0SD|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Michelle Pickering|Chair|||
||LucyWarren|Vice Chair|||
||Kate Haighton|Treasurer|||
||Hannah Clarke|Secretary|||
||Lauren Kerr|SafeguardingOfficer|||
||Laura Lo Bue|FundraisingOfficer|||
||Lia Clarke|Committee member|||
||Joan Foster|Committee member|||
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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 Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
H.Clarke **Signature(s)** M.Pickering Hannah Clarke **Full name(s)** Michelle Pickering **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 11/06/2025
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Openwoodgate Pre-school
1040737
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period
from
0110912023
3110812024
To
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
Restricted
funds
Endowment
funds
Total funds
Last year
to the nearest £
to the nearest £
to the nearest £
to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Fees
Funding
Other
Donations
28,940
99,428
2,526
15
28,940
99,428
2,526
15
26,853
62,497
2,509
2,455
Sub total (Gross income for
AR)
130,909
130,909
94,314
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Sub total
Total receipts
130,909
130,909
94,314
A3 Payments
Salanes
Rent
Training
Actsvities / Equipment
Admin
Fundraising Expenses
Insurance / Subscnptions
Catenng
Bad Debts
Other
92,220
11,678
92,220
11,678
75,836
9,737
2,603
7,765
1,552
7,497
1.964
7,497
1,964
1,580
3,344
1,580
1,492
1,732
1,554
861
103,132
483
1,054
120,301
1,054
120,301
Sub total
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Sub total
Total payments
120,301
120,301
103,132
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
10,608
10,608
8,818
7,459
18,067
7,459
18,067
16,277
7,459
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
2210412025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
Restrlcted
funds
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
B1 Cash funds
18,067
Total cash funds
18,067
(agree balances wlth receipls arKJ payments
account(s))
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
Details
B2 Other monetary assets
Fund to whlch
asset belon
Current value
tlonal
Details
Cost (optional)
B3 Investment assets
Fund to which
asset belon
Current value
tlonal
Details
Cost (optlonal)
B4 Assets retained for the
charitys own use
Fund to whlch
relates
Amount due
tlonal
When due
tlonal
Details
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Date of
roval
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
2210412025
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
Charity Name
Openwoodgate Pre-school
On accounts for the year
ended
31 August 2024
Charity no
(if any)
1040737
Set out on pages
Section A Receipts and Payments: Pg 1-2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110812024.
Responsibilities 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 £etkeFth
d+sGIe 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:
Date:
1110412025
Name:
Mrs Rebecca McKechnie
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
FCA
IER
Oct 2018
(if any):
Address:
Hunter Jones Alton
36 Bridge Street, Belper
DE56 1AX
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.
IER
Oct 2018