Annual Trustee Report 2022/23
St Hilarys Nursery School Registration Number 1046371
Maidstone Skills Centre
Titchfield Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 8FX
Trustees Names
Marie Stephenson ( Chairperson)
Danielle Denton (Secretary)
(Treasurer) Emma Paczensky
Louise Franks Manager
Management and recruitment
The Nursery was managed by Mrs Hasemore -Brown until March 2023 until she retired and Miss Louise Franks took over and operates on a termly basis only. The nursery offers 2 sessions daily and can offer up 32 spaces adhering to ratio. However will be trial 30hours from September 2023.
Trustees are recruited by sending all parents an invitation to attend the nursery’s annual general meeting. Within this meeting they are informed of all requirements needed to run the nursery legally and are asked what they could offer in order to continue running the nursery successfully.
Training from the successful charity via the education people is also offered.
It is the put to a vote to recruit a new committee.
We are an established Nursery and operate with 6 fully qualified members of staff. One qualified at level 3 and 4
Our Main source of income is obtained from government funding which includes free for two funding. We also have a minority of Fee-paying parents.
The majority of our nursery expenditure is spent on:
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Staff salaries
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Staff training
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Utility bills
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Nursery Resources
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Apprenticeship fees
We benefit the public by offering high quality childcare and provision to our local area. We were inspected in January 2023 and are Ofsted rated GOOD and offer a high level of quality education.
We do currently have some outstanding debt with KCC but are in the process of paying that off each month via instalments.
St Hila 's rse st 2022-Ju 2023 KCC fvndiThJ Uniform/f¢es Fundw$iry Milk r¢fvNI Transfers from reser 4¢cwnt C4sh & Dep1 IA<xhi Otkr £93.893.91 £5942 £227 £103.60 £27.9TI £820 £5184.75 Totol: £134.148.26 ndltw• Wo9es £75.974.59 £33.683.17 £7483.25 £1278.73 £1680 £7458.98 £6045.73 £4.873.10 41RC MBC A TM tr¢ns Cord pJr¢hoses Dir¢¢t D¢ts'ts/01ftt Trang Tramfers to restrne ac¢•Jnt 1081.58 Fee refvThls Total: £138.477.55 Balance of oJrr¢ht a¢¢1 t)n 3111 July 2023: £10.XJI.64 of rekne acC(nt rn 31" July 2023.. £5707.50
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustoes St Hilary's Nursery On accounts for the year 31 JULY 2023 Charity no lrfany) 1046371 Sot out on pag I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust.) for the year end&a Responslbllitle• and basis of report As the charTty's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordarKe with the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 (Ihe A¢). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's aUnIS carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable D1recJio given by the Charity Commis8ion under secbon 14515)(b) of the Act. Indepondent trhe tharity's gro88 incorrn exceeded £250,000 and l am qualffied to examlnerfs Statement undertake the examination by being a qualffied member of linsert name i)f applicable listed bc#Jy]]. Delete [ ] il not applicable. I have compted my examination. I nfirM that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examTrnation (other than that disdosed below "} which gives me cause to believe that in, any materi respe.. the accounting records were not kept in ac£y)rdance with section 130 of the Charitses Act.. or the actounts did not aOrd with the accwnting records., or the aUnIS did not comply with Ihe applicable requirements conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulats'ons 2008 other than any reqU1ment that the accounts give a 'true and fairf wew which is not a matter considered as part of an Indepdent examination. I have no COnmS and have con Kross no other matters in connection with the examination to whith attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper ufKlerstanding of the aco)unts to be reached. . Please delete the in the brn(*ets rfthey do nolwpply. Slgned: 4° December 2023 Name.. De8na Cunltffe Relevant professional qualifKatlon(s) or body Bookkeeper IER Oct 2018