White Road Preschool
Tracey Taylor - Supervisor White Road Community Centre, Keyes Avenue, Chatham Kent ME4 5UN Tel: 01634 401961 Email: whiteroadpreschool@gmail.com
- Trustees Annual Report September 2022 August 2023
Charity Number: 1044832
– Chairperson Angela Dawkins
White Road Preschool continues to run and uphold our community focused, longstanding provision, to the provide care and education for children aged 2 -5years with a vision to “Build outstanding futures for children in our community.” It is imperative that we maintain and enhance the service that we provide to extend the reach of opportunity to all, especially those that sit within the remit of the area of deprivation that we reside.
Our provision is governed by Ofsted and was inspected in December 2021, graded as “Good” in all areas. This evidences consistency across the board in the delivery of both care and education. Ofsted reports that the children are fully engrossed in their chosen play and supported successfully by highly qualified adults. Children have a strong sense of well-being and staff celebrate children’s achievements, which reflects our focus on the child centred approach, keeping their individual development and welfare at the heart of our practice. Consultations with parents and our supporting colleagues from the Medway Early Years Team continues to model our improvements throughout the year. We remain working to full capacity and often have a waiting list, which reinforces that the provision is Good and our reach into the community is successful. With consistent staffing the community feels confident in knowing and trusting the staff that care for their children.
We have once again renewed our investment in to the enhanced project of Medway Early Years Ltd, they continue to provide us with training opportunities and advice to ensure we are meeting the legal and expected requirements of the provision including safe-guarding, first aid and staff development, as well as providing a way to link us to the wider sector of Early Years within Medway to enable us to work holistically and collaboratively. We have made full use of this offer and have attended a variety of training programmes this year, as well as supporting our newest staff member to begin her level three qualification through the company Parenta.
We have welcomed a new chairperson, Angela Dawkins who has been a staple part of our preschool for many years and has day-to-day involvement with the preschool which has been a great support for us.
Our income is provided by the government/Medway Council via funding claims authorised by the entitled families that attend the setting. We have a good uptake of children offered the working parents 30 hours scheme, which has helped more of our parents and carers feel able to begin full time employment.
The money for this financial period has been spent on Wages, Tax, Equipment, Administration supplies, Rent and Consumables – (Snack for the children as set out as a national requirement as well as significant celebration events.) This year we have once again funded our trips to the theatre, farm and the zoo with the addition of pumpkin picking at a local orchard, this enhances the children’s experiences of the world and provides opportunities they may not otherwise get in such a deprived area.
Our plans for the future year are to continue to work towards achieving an Outstanding Ofsted rating overall by curating and developing our curriculum to suit the changing needs of our cohort. We shall also prepare to support placements for the upcoming 15 hours of childcare for working parents of two year olds in April 2024.
Mrs Samantha Hatton, Trustee
- Annual Accounts September 2022 August 2023
White Road Preschool
| Month | **September ** | October | November | December | January | February |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | ||||||
| Funding | £16,576.53 | £16,576.53 | £21,344.86 | £20,715.55 | £16,688.45 | £15,641.04 |
| External funding/fees | £270.00 | £202.50 | £270.00 | £202.50 | £270.00 | £202.50 |
| Total | £16,846.53 | £16,779.03 | **£21,614.86 ** | **£20,918.05 ** | **£16,958.45 ** | £15,843.54 |
| Outgoings | ||||||
| Consumables | £2,692.76 | £1,110.91 | £2,245.32 | £1,749.03 | £2,348.04 | £1,207.51 |
| Admin | £846.64 | £102.53 | £668.26 | £15.65 | £221.50 | £486.72 |
| *Other | £3,562.27 | £451.00 | £1,361.17 | £398.85 | £1,316.78 | £751.20 |
| Rent | £1,739.08 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,739.08 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Equip | £3,009.36 | £444.44 | £1,864.05 | £1,421.00 | £1,085.63 | £1,101.73 |
| Wages | £11,200.21 | £10,263.31 | £14,125.10 | £13,969.33 | £11,909.99 | £11,009.99 |
| Tax | £3,040.04 | £1,876.23 | £2,449.57 | £3,058.40 | £2,300.85 | £0.00 |
| Total | £26,090.31 | £14,248.42 | **£22,713.47 ** | **£22,351.34 ** | **£19,182.79 ** | £14,557.15 |
*other is defined as expenditures such as external training, Early years support service etc
6/28/2024
Charity Number: 1044832
| March | April | May | June | July | August | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £15,905.82 | £17,632.57 | £20,132.28 | £25,245.07 | £22,329.48 | £24,669.80 | ||
| £315.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | ||
| **£16,220.82 ** | **£17,632.57 ** | **£20,132.28 ** | £25,245.07 | £22,329.48 | £24,669.80 | TOTAL | £240,746.28 |
| £2,420.19 | £1,027.47 | £1,194.23 | £2,300.61 | £2,116.36 | £0.00 | ||
| £541.00 | £74.99 | £622.68 | £456.66 | £332.73 | £34.55 | ||
| £1,679.87 | £180.00 | £2,124.64 | £1,260.45 | £635.46 | £110.00 | ||
| £1,639.71 | £1,472.84 | £1,242.20 | £1,913.03 | £0.00 | £0.00 | ||
| £837.37 | £12.49 | £502.46 | £842.32 | £741.65 | £0.00 | ||
| £25,668.42 | £0.00 | £14,502.95 | £11,588.91 | £29,224.87 | £0.00 | ||
| £3,966.56 | £1,203.99 | £1,559.15 | £1,185.23 | £1,531.89 | £2,077.16 | ||
| £36,753.12 | **£3,971.78 ** | **£22,468.31 ** | £19,547.21 | £34,582.91 | £6,221.71 | TOTAL | £236,968.62 |
Annual Accounts September 2021 - AugustWhite Road Preschool
Charity Number: 1044832
| Month | Septembe | rOctober | November | December | January | **February ** | March | April | May |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | |||||||||
| Funding | ### | ### | ### | £2,160.06 | ### | ### | ### | £69.45 | ### |
| External fu | nding/fees | £297.79 | £6,252.40 | £67.50 | |||||
| Total | ### | £15.223.7 | 4 **### ** |
£2,160.06 | ### | ### | ### | £69.45 | ### |
| Outgoings | |||||||||
| Consumab | £1,655.15 | £2,493.20 | £2,128.59 | £1,048.71 | £889.40 | £1,607.62 | £1,611.06 | £1,009.64 | £2,062.38 |
| Admin | £290.16 | £174.99 | £260.27 | £15.00 | £17.60 | £465.39 | £664.67 | £95.64 | £478.49 |
| *Other | £1,539.61 | £979.00 | £736.50 | £374.00 | £424.00 | £853.88 | £967.20 | £739.00 | £757.07 |
| Rent | £3,183.84 | £0.00 | £1,688.40 | £0.00 | £1,398.96 | £0.00 | £1,447.20 | £1,391.28 | £0.00 |
| Equip | £2,323.01 | £1,658.50 | £2,421.34 | £94.80 | £93.99 | £1,499.18 | £812.44 | £588.79 | £1,788.40 |
| Wages | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | £9,983.90 | ### | ### |
| Tax | £999.14 | £1,476.64 | £1,601.87 | £1,800.92 | £3,300.31 | £1,628.23 | £1,661.84 | £0.00 | £1,140.69 |
| Total | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### | ### |
*other is defined as expenditures such as external training, Early years support service etc
###
| June | July | August | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ### | ### | ### | ||
| £202.50 | £202.50 | |||
| ### | ### | ### | TOTAL | ### |
| £816.16 | £1,511.61 | £597.00 | ||
| £15.00 | £20.00 | £18.90 | ||
| £1,438.00 | £2,123.37 | £2,717.00 | ||
| £1,490.64 | £0.00 | £0.00 | ||
| £444.68 | £2,371.53 | £1,966.00 | ||
| ### | ### | £0.00 | ||
| £1,116.13 | £1,797.80 | £0.00 | ||
| ### | ### | £5,298.90 | TOTAL | ### |
White Road Preschool
White Road Community Centre
Chatham Kent ME45UN 28th June 2024
Independent Examinaton Report
This letter is to show my findings of the independent examination of accounts 2022-2023, for the White Road Preschool – Charity Number: 1044832.
With reference to Annual Accounts income total for the year I can confirm that the charity resides within the threshold of under £250,000.00.
As per the document titled Annual Accounts financial period September 2022 – August 2023, I am not made aware of any discrepancies.
I can confirm that there are no areas of concern identified.
All paperwork is kept complete and to a high standard.
Accounts are kept up to date and complete at all times as Trustee, Samantha Hatton, maintains monthly book keeping, I have also seen that an annual review of financial control has been carried out.
All underlying accounts correspond with payment remittance evidence from Medway Council that I have examined.
All accounts that I have viewed have been checked lawfully and correctly to the best of my knowledge.
Following the Analytical Review, I, the examiner am satisfied that all Income spent is accounted for, explained correctly and included in the accounts for the benefit of the provision and service users.
Stacey Bush Independent Examiner