## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/09/2024 Period start date To 31/08/2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Openwoodgate Pre-school** ## **Charity registration number: 1040737** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|| |---|---|---| |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|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |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**
**PE sessions**
**Woodland sessions**
**Yoga and Mindfulness sessions**
**Football sessions and Dance sessions.**
**Children uptake and numbers were**
**good from the start and continued**
**throughout the academic year.**
**We had a high number of children with**
**additional needs which attracted**
**inclusive funding. We had to take on**
**extra staff to cover 1-1 hours,**
**unfortunately the funding received does**
**not cover staff wages, so we lost money**
**here.**
**We had a Rental Increase in January**
**2025.**
**Pay increases were issued in April 2025,**
**to reflect the National Living Wage**
**increase. This then, in turn, effected our**
**Pension costs.**
**Despite these challenges, with careful**
**budgeting and forward planning, this**
**has allowed us to absorb these**
**additional costs without compromising**
**on the quality of our provision.**
**We made a total surplus of £8,312.00**
**this year.**
**We held a Christmas Fayre, a sponsored**
**obstacle course on our annual sports**
**day and a Summer Fayre. A total of**
**£965.82 was raised through fundraising.**
**The money raised went towards play**
**equipment for our outdoor area, indoor**
**area and resources. It also went towards**
**an entertainer for Christmas and for the**
**children’s Graduation. This has enabled**
**us enrich the learning environment and**
**provide experiences for the children**| **From a sustainability perspective, we have also been able to place monies back into our reserves account for any potential redundancies. This financial stability gives us confidence as we look ahead to the coming year.** ## **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** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We have £4651.19in the current account**
**on 31/08/2025.**| |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|**£19645.55**| |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
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |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 Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works |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| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Michelle Pickering|Chair||| ||LucyWarren|Vice Chair||| ||Abigail Sutton|Treasurer||| ||Hannah Clarke|Secretary||| ||Lauren Kerr|SafeguardingOfficer||| ||Lia Clarke|FundraisingOfficer||| ||Rebecca Boden|Committee member||| ||Joan Foster|Committee member||| ||Katherine Greaves|Committee member||| ||Abigail Spencer
Palmer|Committee member||| ||Christine Mellors|Committee member||| ||Laura Lo Bue|Committee member||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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** A.Sutton **Signature(s)** M.Pickering Hannah Clarke **Full name(s)** Michelle Pickering **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 03/06/2026 enwood ate Pre-school Uuiuli￿E 31Au ust 2025 2025 2024 FIXED ASSErs 888 1,088 CURRENT ASSErs Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 1,000 28,269 1,297 16 959 29,269 18,256 CURRENT LIABILITIES Social security and other taxes Accrued expenses 3,364 414 881 396 3,778 1,277 25,491 16,979 TOTAL ASSEfs LESS CURRENT LIABIUTIES 26,379 18,067 FINANCED BY CAprrAL Accouwr Brought forward 18,067 7,459 lae Net Surplus/(Deficit) 8,312 10,608 26,379 18,067 26,379 18,067 Page 3 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinevs Report Report to the trustees Openwoodgate Pre-school 31 August 2025 On accounts for the year ended 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 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 Responsibilities and basis of report haiia !nllniAiaA 911 +ha annlinJhla niraAinno niiian hii +ha nhari+ii nnrnrnieoirtn under section 145(5)(bj of the Act. Independent I examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confim 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 fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement th2t the 2ccoiJnt8 aivp a 'true and fairf view which is not 2 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. Date: 1910512026 Signed: Name: Mrs Fiona Bennett Relevant professional FCA Oct 2018 IER