Annual Trustees Report – Review of Academic Year 2024 - 2025
Autumn Term 2024
We began the new academic year with a total of 27 children registered, this included a proportion of both funded and fee paying children. We made the decision to keep our session rates the same for this academic year, in order to remain competitive with other local settings/providers.
Before the term began we held a number of successful play days during the summer holidays, not only did these manage to raise £233.74 in fundraising, it also allowed us to maintain our community presence.
During this half term, we managed to fundraise £87.39 by holding a cake sale and a combined total of £340.50 was further raised by holding a xmas raffle, xmas concert and sending out ‘santa letters’. We are always thinking of new ways in which to fundraise and this term also saw us hold a halloween play day during the half term break. We decided to incorporate a fair into this play day, running a small raffle and tombola alongside the playday, which was very well attended and generated a further £281.74.
Spring term 2025
During the spring term we held our second cake sale which generated £82.80, and also held an Easter raffle and play days which amounted to a further £491.92 in fundraising.
We held a parent consultation week during the Spring term which worked really well and was well attended.
Following the success of our fashion show fundraiser last year, we decided to host another which was pretty well attended. From ticket sales, selling refreshments and running a small raffle, we managed to make a profit of £419.92 from the night.
Summer term 2025
The summer term saw us host our most lucrative fundraising event, our annual sponsored bounce, this generated a fantastic £1002.45. We received a generous donation of £110.00 from Scouts as well as a sum of £492.80 in funding from Erewash Voluntary Action to replace 2 broken tables and 8 broken chairs. We were able to apply for this funding as we are part of the EVA group, attending regular community meetings. We held our annual virtual summer raffle during this half term, further raising £209.60.
We finished off the school year with our school leaver’s concert and end of year party for all of the children. From our first play day of the summer holidays, we also made £50.60. As with every year, we receive payments from Easy Fundraising which this year amounted to a total of £92.75 in extra funds. We ended the summer term with 36 children registered, 14 of these children were leaving us to join primary school and 2 were leaving to attend school nursery.
Our aim for the upcoming academic year is to remain financially viable and continue to have a strong community presence. This year we have taken part in the local community Christmas tree festival, the local junior school summer fair and we even held our own open day (from which we gained 2 new starters for September 2025). We have worked incredibly hard this year to ensure that our continuous provision is the best it can be and this has seen us add new and exciting resources, ensuring that we are able to provide the best opportunities and experiences for our children.
We will continue to run our play days again during the summer holidays as these had proven to be a great success, not only allowing us to gain some extra fundraising but also provided a fantastic opportunity for further community engagement.
- 1/8/24 31/7/25
FULL YEAR
| Receipts DCC Funding Fees Fundraising Donations Cleaning payment- Scouts General Expenses Uniform Sales Bank Interest Wages owed Erewash Voluntary Action |
112810.15 20073 3338.45 637.72 224.00 1072.52 263.77 492.80 £138,912.41) |
Payments Wages HMRC Tax & NI NEST Pensions Rent Weekly Shopping General Expenses Phone Internet Photocopier Rental & Toner Refuse collection Ofsted Annual Fee Website renewal PLA Insurance Lotteries Licence Tapestry Reneweal Pest Control Uniform Stock Text to parents ICO Bank Charges |
87781.05 11337.85 6874.81 6000.00 777.26 4167.57 60.00 590.64 360.00 510.00 35 1551.28 20.00 288.00 90.00 455.94 15.12 47.00 60.00 £121,021.52) |
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| Opening Accounts Closing Accounts CAF A/C £11,472.68 CAF A/C CAF Saving A/C £45,350.25 CAF Saving A/C Cash £517.66 Cash £196,253.00) I have prepared the above accounts from the books, bank statements and information available to me. These are correct and in accordance herewith. Nikki Vincent 31st July 2025 |
Closing Accounts | ||
| £25,384.80 £49,370.97 |
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| £475.71 | |||
| £196,253.00) | |||