Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 1 09 2021 31 08 2022
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Welbourn Wonderbugs Pre-School
Other names charity is known by N/A Registered charity number (if any) 1044232
Charity's principal address 22 Manor Close
Welbourn
Lincoln
Postcode LN5 0NA
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
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7 Kathryn Barker Chairperson Oct 2020 to Date
8 Sandra Whiting Secretary Oct 2020 to Date
9 Milena Barczac Treasurer Oct 2020 to Oct 2021
10 James Smith Oct 2020 to Oct 2021
12 Emily Barker Jan 2021 to Date
Becci Duke May 2021 to Nov
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2021
Matt Duke May 2021 to Nov
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2021
15 Kelly Gadsby Treasurer Oct 2021 to Date
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Type of adviser
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Th Preschool has adopted the Pre-School Alliance Constitution Type of governing document and is run in accordance with this.
(eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustees are elected by the membership at the AGM. The Trustee selection methods committee has the power to co-opt up to three further committee (eg. appointed by, elected by) members during the year. All trustees must seek re-election at each AGM.
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
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The aims of the Preschool are to enhance the development and education of children, primarily under statutory school age, by encouraging parents to understand and provide the needs of their children through community groups by:
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
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(A) Offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in activities of such groups, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability;
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(B) Encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promotion public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas;
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(C) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objects of the Pre-School Learning Alliance
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Welbourn Wonderbugs Pre-School aims to:
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Provide high quality care and education for children primarily below statutory school age;
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Work in partnership with parents to help children to learn and develop;
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Add to the life and well-being of its local community; and Offer children and their parents a service which promotes equality and values diversity.
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We aim to ensure that each child: Is in a safe and stimulating environment Is given generous care and attention, enabled by our high ration of qualified staff to children and as well as volunteer parent helpers;
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Has the chance to join with other children and adults to live, play, work, learn and have fun together;
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Is encouraged to take forward his/her learning and development be being helped to build on what he/she already knows and can do;
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Has a personal key person who makes sure each child makes satisfying progress and who offers support to the family as a whole;
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Is in a setting which sees parents as partners in helping your child to learn and develop; and
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Is in a setting in which parents help to shape the service it offers.
The pre-School offers 3 hours sessions per week for a maximum of 16 children per session. There are 5 morning sessions from 9am – 12 noon and 5 afternoon sessions from 12 noon until 3pm. Children attending both morning and afternoon sessions will attend from 9am – 3pm. Additionally, the children can start their day early with am early session running from 8.30-9.00 and extend their day with a late session running from 3.00-4.30
The sessions are open to children of age 2-5. Funded places are available for 2 and 3 and 4 year olds. Funding for 2-year olds is subject to eligibility. The Preschool offers 30 hours funded places to 3 and 4 year olds whose parents are eligible.
A learning journal is maintained for each child by their key person and parents are encouraged to contribute to this too.
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Sessions are organised so that the children choose from, and work at, a range of activities and in doing so, build up their ability to select and work through a task to completion. The children are also helped and encouraged to take part in adultled small and large group activities which introduce them to new experiences and help them to gain new skills, as well as encouraging them to learn to work with others.
Outdoor activities contribute to children’s health, their physical development and their understanding of the world around them. The children have the opportunity, and are encouraged to take part in outdoor, child-chosen and adult-led activities, as well as those provided in the indoor playroom.
The trustees consider that these activities provide a public benefit to children below statutory school age in the village and surrounding area by offering them a safe environment in which they can learn and develop.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
A good year was had with fundraising activities bringing in a slow trickle of funds. We had raffles held by several establishments at Christmas. The annual wreath making and mother’s day planters event was its usual success bringing in a nice amount of funds. We used the bags to school service on two separate occasions so people were able to donate their unwanted clothes which was turned into cash for us and finally a very nice donation from the local pub following their Christmas bingo finished off our fundraising very nicely.
25 children were able to go on a trip this year to a local farm, paid for by fundraising.
We were able to use our fundraised money to buy the children a commemorative bookmark to celebrate the queens platinum jubilee.
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Section E Financial review
The charity holds significant reserves for a charity of its size. Brief statement of the These have been built up over several years and are held for the charity’s policy on following reasons. reserves
Firstly, the trustees recognise that the number of children attending the setting can fluctuate and therefore some money is held in reserve to ensure the continued running of the group should there be a period of low numbers.
Secondly, the previous setting in the primary school was initially intended to be temporary and so money was kept in reserve for such a time that new premises was to be sort, in July-Aug 2018 we moved to our new setting at Manor Close with some of the funds being put to good use to ensure the new setting was to the standard required.
Finally, it is necessary to hold amounts in reserve to provide for redundancy costs should the Pre-School no longer be able to continue.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
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Further financial review details (Optional information)
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Income for the year was £56,874.07, a healthy increase of
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You may choose to include £25,024.59 prior year. The majority of this coming from fees
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additional information, from both funded and paid for places, Fundraising amounts were
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where relevant about: down on the previous year by £940.20 but the significant
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the charity’s principal increase in overall income meant that this has not impacted on
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sources of funds the preschool at all.
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(including any fundraising); Expenditure was up by £ 21,321.54 on the prior year to
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how expenditure has £44149.54, this is due to a huge increase in wage bills both due supported the key to government increases in minimum wage and also the objectives of the charity; increase in children numbers has meant we needed to employ an additional practitioner.
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investment policy and One of our biggest expenses this year was the purchase of staff objectives including any I pads to help them digitalize the children’s learning journeys
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ethical investment policy and help lessen their workload, a necessary factor now we have
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adopted. so many more children than in previous years Overall we finished the year in a very healthy financial position with £24,000 in our reserve account and £6932 in our current account.
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Section F Other optional information
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Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) K Gadsby Full name(s) Miss Kelly Gadsby Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Chair, etc) Date 6/6/23
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Welbourn Wonderbugs PreSchool
Receipts and Payments Accounts For the year ended 31 August 2022
| 2022 | 2021 | ||
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| £ | £ | ||
| Receipts | |||
| Vouchers | 1543.25 | ||
| Fees | 21720.95 | 8506.70 | |
| NEF | 33469.7 | 21267.72 | |
| Fundraising | 1845.04 | 2080.41 | |
| Donations | 10 | 100.00 | |
| Other receipts | 112.5 | -163.60 | |
| Interest from deposit account | 1.84 | 58.25 | |
| Total Receipts | 58703.28 | 31849.48 | |
| Payments | |||
| Wages and salaries (inc. pensions) | -39993.17 | -23324.33 | |
| Consumables | 0.00 | ||
| Rent, utilities etc | -889.27 | -3038.36 | |
| Catering | 0.00 | ||
| Equipment | -1376.3 | -492.57 | |
| Advertising | 0.00 | ||
| expenses | 689.83 | ||
| Courses | -90.00 | ||
| Other payments | -2923.86 | -1882.74 | |
| Total Payments | -45872.43 | -28828.00 | |
| Net of Receipts/(Payments) | 12830.85 | 3021.48 | |
| Cash funds last year end | 19101.57 | 16887.56 | |
| Cash funds this year end | 31932.42 | 19101.57 | |
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |||
| As at 31 August 2020 | |||
| 2022 | 2021.00 | ||
| £ | |||
| Cash Funds | |||
| Deposit Account | 25000.00 | 16000.00 | |
| Current Account | 6932.42 | 3101.57 | |
| PayPal | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Liabilities |
Wages due Welbourn shop -2829.69 0.00 -2829.69
| 2020 | 2019 | |
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| £ | £ | Notes |
| 92.75 | 1144.00 | |
| 4781.15 | 5466.50 | |
| 26266.51 | 29061.40 | |
| 729.72 | 1479.47 | A |
| 0.00 | 350.00 | B |
| 0.00 | -361.50 | C |
| 117.32 | 90.49 | |
| 31987.45 | 37230.36 | |
| -33991.48 | -27013.09 | |
| -148.29 | -768.29 | |
| -3316.36 | -2526.46 | D |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| -193.87 | -258.90 | E |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| -20.00 | -20.00 | |
| -690.06 | -3113.16 | F |
| -38360.06 | -33699.90 | |
| -6372.61 | 3530.46 | |
| 23260.17 | 19729.71 | |
| 16887.56 | 23260.17 | |
| 2020 | 2019 | |
| £ | £ | |
| 14883.16 | 20265.84 | |
| 1986.36 | 2859.94 | |
| 18.04 | 134.39 | |
| 16887.56 | 23260.17 |
-1674.87 0.00 -1674.87 -2850.55 0.00 -2850.55
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