Lordswood Community Centre Sandpiper Road Lordswood Southampton Hampshire SO16 8FD Telephone: 07910 644249 Email: info@lordswoodpreschool.org Website: www.lordswoodpreschool.org
Lordswood Community Preschool
Trustee’s Annual Report for the Period 1st September 2024 – 31 st August 2025
Names of the Charity’s Trustees for the above period:
Karen Morris – Chairperson Rebecca Hounsell – Secretary Chris Blake – Treasurer Samantha Petrie – Committee member Rachel Davis – Committee member Emily Bryant – Committee member Laura Chalke – Committee member Kira Taylor – Committee member Nicola Birchall – Committee member
Structure, governance and management
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Governing body – Early Years Alliance
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Charity is constituted by a committee
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Committee is elected at annual AGM
Additional Information:
Additional members can join in the year. Induction of new members is immediate. When elected at the AGM all new members have an introduction at the next committee meeting where they are given a copy of the constitution, confidentiality forms, DBS information and preschool policies and committee roles are further explained.
Objectives and activities
Lordswood Community Preschool offer Early Years places to children ages 2 years to primary school age.
If funds allow, we aim to also provide Holiday Club for up to 7 weeks of the year.
Ofsted Registration Number: 131542 Charity Number: 1042614
Lordswood Community Centre Sandpiper Road Lordswood Southampton Hampshire SO16 8FD Telephone: 07910 644249 Email: info@lordswoodpreschool.org Website: www.lordswoodpreschool.org
Summary of main activities:
Summary of the main activities of the charity during the year:
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Tapestry – Children’s booking and registration system
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Paulton’s Park
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Good Ofsted Report
Financial Review
Reserves are kept in a separate account to the normal daily Current Account. This has enough money in to cover in the case of redundancies. Money is regularly transferred to keep the amount needed correct and is not to be used for other purposes. The amount held also includes 3 months running costs.
Most income is received from Nursery Education Funding from the local authority. At times we have additional funding to support children with SEN needs. All fundraising is spent on new equipment needing in the setting.
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Funding rates increased April 2024 & April 2025
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Holiday club attendance has increased
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Wages increased – Pay rises and new staff
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Rent has stayed the same
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More resources and new equipment purchased
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature Karen Morris Full Name Position Chairperson Date 17/11/2025
Ofsted Registration Number: 131542 Charity Number: 1042614
Lordswood Community Centre Sandpiper Road Lordswood Southampton Hampshire SO16 8FD Telephone: 07910 644249 Email: info@lordswoodpreschool.org Website: www.lordswoodpreschool.org
Ofsted Registration Number: 131542 Charity Number: 1042614
LORDSWOOD Community Preschool Year Ending 31.08.25 Charity Number 1042614
| Unrestricte | Restricted | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | Funds | |
| INCOME | |||
| Nursery Education Funding | 305921 | 305921 | |
| Parent Fees | 24034 | 24034 | |
| Holiday Club | 8380 | 8380 | |
| Uniform Sales | 350 | 350 | |
| Fundraising | 1141 | 1141 | |
| Donation | 0 | ||
| Grants | 0 | ||
| Other | 3539 | 3539 | |
| SEN | 0 | 0 | |
| EYPP | 0 | 0 | |
| Total Income | 343365 | 0 | 343365 |
| EXPENSES | |||
| Rent | 12746 | 12746 | |
| Internet | 538 | 538 | |
| Phone Bill | 230 | 230 | |
| Wages | 211253 | 211253 | |
| HMRC | 28375 | 28375 | |
| Pension | 9204 | 9204 | |
| DBS | 381 | 381 | |
| Snack | 1865 | 1865 | |
| Cleaning | 1369 | 1369 | |
| General Resources | 6425 | 6425 | |
| EYPP | 2648 | 2648 | |
| Holiday Club reasources | 0 | ||
| Staf consumables | 0 | ||
| Stationery | 1117 | 1117 | |
| Photocopying | 699 | 699 | |
| Insurance | 2200 | 2200 | |
| Uniform | 1625 | 1625 | |
| SEN | 496 | 496 | |
| Subscriptions | 31 | 31 | |
| General Equip | 26780 | 26780 | |
| EYPP | 0 | 0 | |
| Training | 4232 | 4232 | |
| First Aid | 0 | 0 |
| PPE | 0 | 0 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundraising | 0 | 0 | |
| Commitee Expenses | 329 | 329 | |
| Team Building | 1811 | 1811 | |
| Postage | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 15970 | 15970 | |
| Total expenses | 330325 | 0 | 330325 |
| PROFIT | 13040 | 0 | 13040 |
Variance
2023/24
| 262335 | 43586 |
|---|---|
| 40860 | -16826 |
| 6169 | 2211 |
| 332 | 18 |
| 1235 | -94 |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| 4179 | -640 |
| 5660 | -5660 |
| 3420 | -3420 |
| 324190 | 19175 |
| 14355 | 1609 |
| 687 | 149 |
| 161 | -69 |
| 189184 | -22069 |
| 33044 | 4669 |
| 10102 | 898 |
| -381 | |
| 1568 | -297 |
| 1148 | -221 |
| 5267 | -1158 |
| 2161 | -487 |
| 610 | 610 |
| 724 | 724 |
| 807 | -310 |
| 1118 | 419 |
| 1190 | -1010 |
| 1190 | -435 |
| 244 | -252 |
| 1076 | 1045 |
| 6695 | -20085 |
| 1437 | 1437 |
| 290 | -3942 |
| 32 | 32 |
| 0 | |
|---|---|
| 38 | 38 |
| 82 | -247 |
| 788 | -1023 |
| 0 | |
| 6409 | -9561 |
| 280407 | -49918 |
| 43783 | 69093 |
| CASH FUNDS | Unresticted | Restricted | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | funds | ||
| Current Account | |||
| Opening Balance | 01.09.2024 | £79,681.01 | |
| Transfers IN | £343,364.70 | ||
| Transfers Out | £330,324.87 | ||
| Transfer to Reserve Account | £600.00 | ||
| Closing Balance | 31.08.2025 | £92,120.84 | |
| Reserves Account | |||
| Opening Balance | 01.09.2024 | £131,813.74 | |
| Transfers In | £600.00 | ||
| Interest | £1,265.58 | ||
| Closing Balance | 31.08.2025 | £133,679.32 |
No Petty Cash Balance
No Outstanding fees from parents
| Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCOME | |||||
| Nursery Education Funding | 23376 | 23078.3 | 23578.9 | 23578.9 | 29263.17 |
| Parent Fees | 1090 | 3719 | 2271.5 | 2240 | 2816 |
| Holiday Club | 318 | 20 | |||
| Uniform Sales | 37 | 18.5 | 17 | 20 | |
| Fundraising | |||||
| Donation | |||||
| Grants | |||||
| Other | 301.8 | 32.48 | 30.94 | 17 | |
| SEN | |||||
| EYPP | |||||
| 24804.8 | 27166.28 | 25918.34 | 25835.9 | 32099.17 | |
| EXPENSES | |||||
| Rent | 4392.4 | ||||
| Internet | 43.76 | 43.67 | 43.67 | 43.67 | 43.67 |
| Phone Bill | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Wages | 17406.62 | 16838.41 | 16645.45 | 16383.08 | 16988.97 |
| HMRC | 3362.96 | 3264.04 | 3135.2 | 3144.22 | |
| Pension | 859.73 | 850.77 | 820.363 | ||
| DBS | 26 | 26 | 73.5 | ||
| Snack | 149.27 | 178.27 | 113.46 | 109.82 | 123.8 |
| Cleaning | 4.54 | 333.44 | 170.02 | 6.4 | 159.27 |
| General Resources | 126.37 | 253.32 | 234.93 | 105.12 | 927.27 |
| EYPP | 1492.88 | ||||
| Holiday Club reasources | |||||
| Staf consumables | |||||
| Stationery | 386.93 | 48.52 | 134.15 | 103.89 | 28.27 |
| Photocopying | |||||
| Insurance | |||||
| Uniform | 515.78 | 84.19 | 29.25 | 75 | |
| SEN | |||||
| Subscriptions | 30.63 | ||||
| General Equip | 615.47 | 6869.31 | 7491.89 | 21.97 | 45.8 |
| EYPP | |||||
| Training | 100.65 | 950 | |||
| First Aid | |||||
| PPE | |||||
| Fundraising | |||||
| Commitee Expenses | |||||
| Team Building | 13.99 | 350 | 209.76 | 378 | |
| Postage | |||||
| Other | 44.8 | 913.23 | 300.07 | 153.19 | 193.03 |
24602.39 30180.65 31172.61 20997.55 22119.4
50 50 50 50 50
Reserves
| Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28400.85 | 30001.94 | 26950.26 | 24871.08 | 25224.24 | 24248.8 | 23348.8 |
| 1609 | 1855 | 1490 | 2236 | 2577 | 1988 | 140 |
| 938 | 998 | 418 | 1178 | 200 | 4310 | |
| 20 | 10 | 106.1 | 74 | 47 | ||
| 475.8 | 475.8 | 189.5 | ||||
| 1.14 | 1.14 | 3083 | 71.75 | |||
| 30967.85 | 32864.94 | 29441.3 | 28762.02 | 31084.24 | 30882.05 | 23535.8 |
| 2835.49 | 3025.82 | 2492.59 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43.67 | 43.67 | 43.67 | 48.89 | 46.46 | 46.46 | 46.46 |
| 12.1 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 82.88 | 13.9 | 20.8 |
| 17011.01 | 17457.65 | 18917.81 | 19781.26 | 19402.63 | 13764.57 | 20655.26 |
| 3371.18 | 3200.13 | 3388.76 | 2563.26 | 2945.11 | ||
| 830.58 | 1737.28 | 873.12 | 3232.13 | |||
| 16 | 32 | 73.5 | 89.5 | 16 | 28.11 | |
| 118.71 | 132.63 | 147.26 | 125.79 | 210.01 | 367.88 | 88.47 |
| 85.23 | 161.65 | 129.83 | 11.17 | 228.32 | 79.56 | |
| 385.55 | 1403.17 | 387.59 | 506.04 | 679.24 | 1388.26 | 28.25 |
| 1155.07 | ||||||
| 52.91 | 51.41 | 18.71 | 45.03 | 203.07 | 44.21 | |
| 342 | 357.4 | |||||
| 2200.1 | ||||||
| 780.47 | 39.25 | 41.52 | 60 | |||
| 496.38 | ||||||
| 468.93 | 175.78 | 1053.2 | 915.44 | 3989.69 | 5325.58 | 781.92 |
| 563 | 218 | 2400 | ||||
| 113.64 | 14.08 | 5.49 | 5.49 | 183.73 | 6.49 | |
| 165 | 135.96 | 558.1 | ||||
| 66.44 | 543.23 | 8116.12 | 307.81 | 657.7 | 4601.44 | 73.26 |
23579.33 28580.74 34852.78 27780.8 31606.41 30872.55 24954.66
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50 50 50 50 50 50
Total
305921.2 24031.5 8380 349.6 1141.1 3539.25 0 0 343362.7 0 0 0 12746.3 537.72 230.08 211252.7 28374.86 9203.973 380.61 1865.37 1369.43 6425.11 2647.95 1117.1 699.4 2200.1 1625.46 496.38 30.63 27754.98 0 4231.65 0 0 0 328.92 1810.81 0 15970.32 0
331299.9 12062.82 600
| Opening Bank | 78481.02 |
|---|---|
| Closing | 92120.84 |
| Diference | -13639.82 |
| Proft | 13040 |
| Transfer to Reserves | 600 |
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