## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 August 2023 To 31 July 2024** ## **Charity name: Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School** **Charity registration number: 1041020** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To enhance the development and
education of children under statutory
school age by encouraging parents to
understand and provide for the needs of
their children through community groups.| |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|Provision of education and childcare
through play for under 5s in the local
community.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Confirmed| ## **Achievements and Performance** |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|After a challenging year to 31 July 2023,
we have had an encouraging year
managing to stabilise our position, resulting
in a surplus for the year.
We had 45 children on roll by the end of
the year and have seen 27 of those leave
for the local primary schools, primarily
Burwash and Etchingham, but also in the
surrounding villages too.
The annual parent survey provided
excellent feedback on the quality of care
and education provided by our staff,
ratifying the hard work that has been put in
by all concerned.
We were very grateful to the parish council
for providing a grant towards a new mud
kitchen which was completed after the year
end. We were also very grateful for the
parents and the local community turning
out for a fundraiser at the Etchingham Club
to help raise additional funds for this. It also
served to increase our engagement in the
community and make people aware of what
Barn Owls stands for.
From a financial report standpoint, our
existing accountant is retiring and for the
following year we will be running the book-
keeping and accounts in-house by the
trustees. As such, the accounts will be
shown on a receipts and payments basis
and we have prepared the accounts to 31
July 2024 on this basis. It should therefore
be noted that under the receipts and
payments basis, the accounts show an
additional surplus of around £7k due to
amounts owed to HMRC for tax and NI that
have not yet been paid.| |---|---|---| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|At the year end, we had a healthy cash
balance of approximately £30k.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We aim to keep a healthy cash reserve to
help us to weather any challenging years
and enable us to pay for any unforeseen
outgoings.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Se above| |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|No concerns over going concern currently.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit
Para 1.24
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
Para 1.23|Details of fund materially in
deficit
Para 1.24
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern
Para 1.23|N/A
No concerns over going concern currently.| |---|---|---| |**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|The charity’s principle source of funding
comes from funded childcare, which is
distributed by the East Sussex County
Council. This accounted for approximately
80% of income with the majority of the
remainder coming from private fees.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principle risks facing us are the
reliance on central funding on the one hand
and rises to national living wage on the
other. If government funding is not
increased in line with NLW increase, this
leaves us with a deficit, which will need to
be plugged through other means. Inevitably
this means rises in parent fees but as these
only represent approx. 20% of our income
source, it is unlikely to be able to plug a
substantial deficit, should this arise.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association| |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|Election or re-election of trustees bi-
annually and any member of the
Association may put themselves forward.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1041020| |Charity’s principal address|Parsonage Croft,
High St,
Etchingham,
E.Sussex
TN19 7BY| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Justin Lyon Taylor|Chair||| ||Daniel Cudlipp|||| ||Hannah Moore|||| ||Suzanne Parr|||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **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 ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s)** Justin Lyon Taylor ~~oO~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** ~~afe~~ **Date** 09/05/2025 ~~Fs~~ |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**1041020**
**Barn Owls Etchingham Pre-School**
**Receipts andpayments accounts**
01-Aug-23
31-Jul-24
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
**CC16a**
~~—_————e~~| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**|||**Last year**| |||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||| |Parent Fees
**18,569**
**-**
**-**
**18,569**
**-**
**ESCC Fees**
**120,068**
**-**
**-**
**120,068**
**-**
Donations
**1,258**
**-**
**-**
**1,258**
**-**
NurseryGrant
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
School Dinners
**5,116**
**-**
**-**
**5,116**
**-**
School Uniform
**66**
**-**
**-**
**66**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_**145,078**
**-**
**-**
**145,078**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**145,078**
**-**
**-**
**145,078**
**-**
~~——-—-~~|||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||| |Advertising||**240**||**-**||**-**||**240**|**240**||**-**| |Net Wages||**97,864**||||||**97**|**97,864**||| |HMRC||**2,006**||||||**2**|**2,006**||| |Pensions||**6,743**||||||**6**|**6,743**||| |Premises Expenses||**7,350**||||||**7**|**7,350**||| |Business Rates||**2,128**||||||**2**|**2,128**||| |Postage||**32**||||||**32**|**32**||| |Office Stationery||**486**||||||**486**|**486**||| |Computer Software||**446**||||||**446**|**446**||| |Pre-school General Expenses||**6,681**||||||**6**|**6,681**||| |Accountancy||**1,554**||||||**1**|**1,554**||| |Professional Fees||**116**||||||**116**|**116**||| |Repairs and renewals||**150**||||||**150**|**150**||| |Bank Charges||**99**||||||**99**|**99**||| |Staff Uniforms||**553**||||||**553**|**553**||| |TrainingCosts||**- 735**||||||**- 735**|**- 735**||| |Insurance||**1,168**||||||**1**|**1,168**||| |School Meal Costs||**7,110**||**-**||**-**||**7**|**7,110**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **||**133,990**||**-**||**-**||**133,990**|**133,990**||**-**| ||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**
**133,990**
**-**
**-**
**133,990**
**-**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**11,087**
**-**
**- 11,087**
**-**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**21,029**
**- -**
**21,029**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**32,116**
**-**
**- 32,116**
**-**
~~==5==~~|||||||||||| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 16/10/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Categories Details funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds** Bank Account **31,864 - -** Petty Cash **252 - - - - -** _**Total cash funds**_ **32,116 - -** ~~—====~~ (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK **Fund to which Current value Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional) B4 Assets retained for the** Equipment and furniture (estimated MV) Unrestricted **6,000 charity’s own use - - - -** ~~=~~ Signed by one or two trustees on Date of behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name ~~= =~~ approval Justin Lyon Taylor 9/5/2025 CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 16/10/2024 2 ## * F CHARITY `CHARITY COMMISSION` COMMISSION| Independent `Independent[examiner's]` examiner's `FOR` FOR `ENGLAND AND` ENGLAND AND WALES `WALES` report `report` on `on[the accounts]` the accounts Section `Section` A `A` Independent `IndependentExaminer's` Examiner’s Report `[Report]` > `Report` Report to `[to]` the `[the]` trustees/ `[trustees/|][Charity] Name` : members `members` of `of` | Barn `Barn` Owls `Owls` Etchingham `[Etchingham][Pre-School]` Pre-School `On` On accounts `[accounts]` for `[for]` the `[theyear]` year | 31 `31` July `July` 2024 `2024` > `ended` ended `Setout on See annual accounts` `Charity no 1041020` Charity no | 1041020 (if `(if any)` any) `(remember to inciude the[page][numbers][of][additional] sheets)` `Setout on pages` - | `Ireport` report to `[to]` the `[the]` trustees `[trustees]` on `[on]` my `[my]` examination `[examination] of` of the `[the]` accounts `[accounts]` of `of` the `[the][above]` above `charity` charity `("the` (‘the Trust’) `[Trust")]` for `for` the `[the]` year `[year]` ended `[ended][31]` 31 `[/]` / 07 `[ 07][ I]` / 2024. `[2024.]` - `Responsibilities` Responsibilities and `[and]` As `As` the `[the][charity]` charity trustees `trustees` of `[of the]` the Trust, `[Trust,]` you `you` are `are[responsible]` responsible `[for]` for the `[the]` preparation `[preparation]` basis `basis[of]` of report `[report] of` of the `[the]` accounts `[accounts] in` in `accordance` accordance with `with` the `[the][requirements]` requirements of `of the` the Charities `Charities` Act `[Act] 2011` 2011 `("the` (“the `Act").` Act’). | `I` report `report in` in `respect` respect of `[of]` my `my` examination `[examination]` of `of the` the Trust’s `Trust's accounts` accounts `carried` carried `[out]` out - : `under` under section `[section][ 145]` 145 of `of` the `the 2011` 2011 `Act` Act and `and` in `in` carrying `carrying out` out my `[my]` examination, `[examination,]` | `have` have `[followed]` followed `[the]` the `[applicable]` applicable `[Directionsgiven]` Directions given `[by]` by the `[the]` Charity `[Charity]` Commission `[ Commission] under` under section `[section][145(5)(b)]` 145(5)(b) `[of the]` of the `[Act.]` Act. `Ihave completed my examination. I confirm that[no][material][matters][have]` - examiner's statementIndependent `Independentexaminer's[statement] Come` come| have tomy `[to]` completed `my` attention `attention` my examination. `(otherthan` (other than that `that` | disclosedconfirm `[disclosed]` that `[below]` below no material *) `*) in` in connection `conne` matters `[ction]` have `[with]` with the `the examination` examination which `which gives` gives me `me cause` cause `[to]` to believe `[believe that]` that `[in,]` in, `[any]` any `[ material]` material `respect:` respect: e `accounting` accounting records `records` were `[were][not]` not `[kept]` kept `[in]` in `[accordance]` accordance `with` with `section` section `130` 130 of `[of]` the `the Act` Act or `or` - e the `the` accounts `accounts[do]` do `[not]` not accord `[accord]` with `[with][the]` the accounting `[accounting][records]` records - | `Ihave` have no `no` concerns `concerns[and]` and have `[have]` come `[come]` across `[acrOss]` no `[no]` other `[other matters]` matters `in` in `connection` connection `with` with `the` the examination `[examination]` to `to` which `which attention` attention should `should` be drawn `[be][drawn]` in `in order` order to `to enable` enable a `a proper` proper understanding `[understanding] of` of the `[the][accounts]` accounts `[to]` to `[ be]` be `[reached.]` reached. * `Please` Please delete `delete[the]` the `[words]` words `[in the]` in the `[brackets]` brackets `if` if they `they` do `do` not `not` apply. `apply.` `Signed:` `Date: 08/05/2025` Name: `Name:` | Oliver `Oliver` Cripps `Cripps Relevant` Relevant professional `professional` | Up `Up to` to 31 `31 December` December 2024, `[2024,]` | was `was` a `a` Chartered `Chartered` Accounted `[ACCounted]` under `under` the `[the]` Institute `[Institute] qualification(s)` qualification(s) or `[or]` body `[ body]` of `of` Chartered `Chartered Accountants` Accountants for `for` England `England and` and Wales `[Wales] (if` (if any): `any): Address: Lomas Farmhouse,` Lomas `Lomas Lane,` Lane, `Sandhurst,` Sandhurst, **----- Start of picture text -----**
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