## Trustees Annual Report Year Ending 31[st] July 2023 

The trustees of Little Acorns Preschool are pleased to report our annual report for the year ended 31[st] July 2023 together with our audited financial statement for the year. 

## **Reference and administration details** 

**Charity Name:** Little Acorns Preschool Playgroup, Ingham **Charity Registration Number** : 1044210 **Address of Charity:** Ingham and Cammeringham Village Hall The Green Ingham LN1 2XT 

**Trustees:** E Mayes (Chair) J Hylton (Secretary) J Cook (Treasurer) K Lane E Kilcourse R Mayes N Brown E Pringle **Independent Examiner:** M C Skayman, AAT Short Lane, Ingham, LN1 2YA 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

Little acorns preschool playgroup is a committee organised playgroup which provides Ofsted registered childcare, education and play for pre-school age children and a breakfast and afterschool club for the local primary school. 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

We have remained financially viable and able to continue to provide safe and excellent quality childcare, proven by our latest Ofsted report. 

## **Financial Review** 

This year we made a profit of £17,872. Plans are in place on how we can use this money to benefit the children. There are no causes for concern and we do not feel there has been any fraudulent activity. We have further developed our policies to improve account records. 



|**Income**|**Income**|**Income**|**Income**|**Income**|**Income**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Month**|**Total**<br>**Received**|**Grants**|**Fees**|**Donations**|**Fundraising**|
|August|£9.48|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|
|September|£3,605.42|£3,323.42|£282.00|£0.00|£0.00|
|October|£8,177.85|£3,617.09|£2,838.50|£132.00|£1,590.26|
|November|£8,319.78|£4,801.73|£2,765.28|£22.52|£730.25|
|December|£3,139.79|£2,360.29|£532.00|£0.00|£247.50|
|January|£8,185.14|£5,485.92|£2,649.22|£50.00|£0.00|
|February|£6,017.61|£3,877.11|£1,175.00|£323.50|£642.00|
|March|£8,726.17|£5,817.52|£2,690.50|£55.00|£78.00|
|April|£3,749.55|£3,570.05|£147.50|£0.00|£32.00|
|May|£6,685.80|£4,503.55|£2,134.25|£0.00|£48.00|
|June|£9,850.79|£6,621.62|£787.50|£0.00|£2,441.67|
|July|£8,811.87|£5,068.62|£3,400.75|£100.00|£128.00|
|**Total =**|£75,279.25|£49,046.92|£19,402.50|£683.02|£5,937.68|



|||**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Bank Balance**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**TOTAL**|August|£9.48|£3,709.91||
||September|£3,605.42|£3,801.61|**Opening**|
||October|£8,177.85|£7,818.35|01/08/2022|
||November|£8,319.78|£5,679.88||
||December|£3,139.79|£3,934.37|**Closing**|
||January|£8,185.14|£4,443.92||
||February|£6,017.61|£4,062.99|31/07/2023|
||March|£8,726.17|£4,971.10||
||April|£3,749.55|£3,919.59||
||May|£6,685.80|£4,651.77|Difference|
||June|£9,850.79|£4,522.62||
||July|£8,811.87|£5,890.89||
|||£75,279.25|£57,407.00||
||||||
|||£17,872.25|||





|||**E**|**E**|**E**|**E**|**E**|**E**|**x**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Toddlers**|**Misc**|**Total**|**Wages**|**Training**|**Rent**|**Insurance**|**Subs and**<br>**Accrediation**||
|£0.00|£9.48|£3,709.91|£3,623.21||||||
|£0.00|£0.00|£3,801.61|£3,708.11||||||
|£0.00|£0.00|£7,818.35|£4,067.64|£0.00|£2,828.22|£0.00|£815.53||
|£0.00|£0.00|£5,679.88|£4,421.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£992.17||
|£0.00|£0.00|£3,934.37|£2,605.11|£0.00|£346.50|£0.00|£0.00||
|£0.00|£0.00|£4,443.92|£3,962.52|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00||
|£0.00|£0.00|£4,062.99|£3,513.14|£0.00|£280.50|£0.00|£0.00||
|£85.15|£0.00|£4,971.10|£4,588.90|£0.00|£297.00|£0.00|£0.00||
|£0.00|£0.00|£3,919.59|£2,967.43|£0.00|£827.40|£0.00|£50.00||
|£0.00|£0.00|£4,651.77|£3,919.89|£0.00|£297.00|£0.00|£83.00||
|£0.00|£0.00|£4,522.62|£3,920.28|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|£112.40||
|£114.50|£0.00|£5,890.89|£4,030.60|£0.00|£1,291.80|£0.00|£0.00||
|£199.65|£9.48|£57,407.00|£45,327.83|£0.00|£6,168.42|£0.00|£2,053.10||



£13,210.75 

£31,083.00 

£17,872.25 

£17,872.25 



## **xpeniture** 

|**Payroll &**<br>**Accountancy**|**Fundraising**<br>**outlay**|**Refreshmen**<br>**ts**|**Equipment**|**Activities**|**COVID Grant**|**Sundries**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|£43.20|||£43.50||||
|£50.00|||£43.50||||
|£43.20|£20.26|£0.00|£43.50|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|
|£0.00|£138.59|£0.00|£128.12|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|
|£68.20|£0.00|£0.00|£43.50|£471.06|£0.00|£400.00|
|£437.90|£0.00|£0.00|£43.50|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|
|£50.00|£0.00|£0.00|£219.35|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|
|£25.00|£0.00|£0.00|£60.20|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|
|£25.00|£0.00|£0.00|£49.76|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|
|£25.00|£196.12|£0.00|£79.76|£51.00|£0.00|£0.00|
|£25.00|£260.19|£0.00|£204.75|£0.00|£0.00|£0.00|
|£25.00|£190.00|£0.00|£49.76|£250.00|£0.00|£53.73|
|£817.50|£805.16|£0.00|£1,009.20|£772.06|£0.00|£453.73|





Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of Little Acorns
Pre-school Playgroup, Ingham
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 July 2023.
Respective responsibilities of trustee and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's
trustees consider that an audrt is not required for this year under section 144(21 of the
Charities Ad 2011 and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act
to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the commission
under section 145(51{b) of the 2011 Act
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
Basis of the independent examiners report
My examination was carried out in accordance wilh the general directions given by the
Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the
charity and a comparison of the aocounts presented with those records. It also includes
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the account, seeking explanation form
you as trustees concerning any such matters. The prO￿dureS undertaken do not provide all
the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to
whether the accounts presenl a Irue and fair Vie￿ and the report is limited to those matters
set out in the next statement.
Independent examiners statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention..
(11 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material aspect the
requirement..
to keep accounts'ng records in accordan￿ with the section 130 of the 2011 Act
and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with
the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met or
12) to which. in my opinion. attention should be dravm in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached
M C Skayman, AAT
5 Short Lane, Ingham. Lincoln, LN12YA
18 May 2024