Allsorts Preschool Chair’s Report 2023
Whilst this will be my first (and only) Chair’s report I have actually been a parent at Allsorts since 2018, and it is with great sadness that I have come to the end of my time within the community with my youngest having now moved on to Primary School. As always, this past year I have been grateful for the preschool staff’s unswerving commitment to providing the highest quality evidence-based early years education. We are incredibly lucky to have such a setting available in our community.
As most of you will know Allsorts Preschool is a non-profit making charity and as such fundraising is a vital element of the committee’s activities. Thanks to the support of the parents and wider Allsorts community we have had a successful year of fundraising, with the usual events such as the St John’s Christmas fair and the Poachers Quiz bolstered by some new events such as the enjoyable White Nancy sponsored walk (for which the Coop generously donated snacks for the children) and the Toy Sale. We very grateful for a £500 donation from the Round Table and extremely lucky to receive a grant of £2000 from Tullis Russel for a second year running. Thanks to Beth for putting the hard work in to make the latter happen. In total we have raised just under £3,250.
This fundraising has meant the pre school has been able to buy the essential play equipment and resources as shown in this year’s accounts, the larger notable items being a new set of quality waterproofs to allow play outside in any weather and some beautiful new items for the home corner and new kitchen units. Spending was slightly above fundraising income but due to there being some funds left over from last year we have again ended with a positive bank balance. As always, in line with the charity commissions guidelines, we need to keep a few months’ running costs to ensure sustainability in the face of unforeseen difficulties, so we need to keep up the fundraising efforts in the year ahead to continue the positive financial situation.
Kathryn and I have discussed her concerns over the low number of children attending thus far in Autumn 2023, which is always a quiet time but perhaps quieter than usual. We feel this can be attributed to changing work patterns, i.e. an increased need for longer childcare hours rather than the academic hours we currently offer or indeed the morning pre-school sessions the Pre School provided for many years. A move to this kind of wrap around childcare setting would mean the pre school would lose focus on its provision of child-led pre-school education, which is where its strengths lie.
The committee this year has been myself, Beth Cragg and Kelly Heath. As Kelly and I no longer have children at Allsorts due to their move on to Primary School, we shall be stepping down from the committee. However the fantastic Beth will remain and is looking forward to welcoming two new members to the committee. As I write I am happy to confirm there have been two nominees for the new committee : Rosie Davies and Petra. It has been an honour and privilege to play a small part in the running of the Preschool this year, and I would like to thank the staff for their incredible hard work and dedication to the nurture and care of all the children at Allsorts. Finally thank you to my fellow committee members, Beth and Kelly, for all their hard work, energy, and the fun we have working as a team this year.
Lydia Davies
November 2023
- FUNDRAISING INCOME DONATIONS COSTS AND EXPENDITURE
Autumn Term 2022 Spring Term 2023 Summer Term 2023 Rope for outdoor Water toys/ beakers £21.38 Boxes £6.00 toys Storage unit £772.80 Homecorner £149.00 Water proofs Camera £5.00 rug Clipboards
| Rope for outdoor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water toys/ beakers | £21.38 | Boxes | £6.00 | toys | £17.47 |
| Storage unit | £772.80 | Homecorner | £149.00 | Water proofs | £360.00 |
| Camera | £5.00 | rug | Clipboards | £12.91 | |
| Numbered ducks | £24.00 | ||||
| Fridge thermometer | £4.99 | ||||
| Vice for woodwork | |||||
| bench | £20.24 | ||||
| Clips for fenc | £7.88 | ||||
| Clay and rollers | £28.36 | ||||
| Charity shop items | £18.00 | ||||
| Chopping boards | £5.96 | ||||
| £2,354.4 | |||||
| Kitchen units | 0 | ||||
| Leaving gifs children | £29.98 | ||||
| Leaving gifs adults | £34.00 | ||||
| £2,918.1 | |||||
| Total | £799.18 | £155.00 | Total | 9 | |
| Total spent | £3,872.37 |
Autumn Term
| 2022 Round Table donaton £500.00 Total £500.00 Total income this year Total spent Total funds available from previous year Total funds remaining |
Spring Term 2023 Christmas Fair £180.00 Easy fundraising £42.99 Pub quiz £130.00 Total £352.99 £4,097.93 £3,872.37 £2,400.10 £2,625.66 |
Summer Term 2023 Amazon smile £19.03 Sponsored walk £667.91 Tullis Russel Trust £2,000.0 0 Adelphi Group £350.00 Toysale £118.00 Photomoney £90.00 Total £3,244.9 4 |
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ALLSORTS PR&SCHOOL BOLLINGTON INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 3V08I2023 3110W2022 INCOME DonatiODO & fuodraJ8i Fee8 PArents Voueher8 NEF 314 yearoldfj EYPP Forest Sthool Batth interest Other receipt• 2.901 14.821 13,880 33.219 125 892 64,97r) 8,346 613 289 Total Itteome 52.299 EXPENDITURE Fundr&isin¥ c08ts SAlarie8- General HMRC . JRS Schen Rent C&terin¥ eotsts Equipment offi costs Gr8n¢ ro18tsd expenditure Calour8trings Oiher expendt'ture 54.683 70.495 2,508 2,521 2,447 5,962 216 2,842 2.985 Total EXndItre 62.480 82.179 NET INCOMFJ(TrXPENDITURE) FOR THE YEAR 10.181 9,218 STATEMENT OF 8r8 AND LIABILITIFS Cg8h- Cufftnt Actouunt At I September 2022 C4$h. Savinga Aceount 8t I Septefftr 2022 Ne¢ IneomellExpenditure) for thÈ year 36,596 27.380 10.181 9,216 Ca8& RerY80 At 81 2f128 26.415 RePre6ertt by: Cash- SantAnder Current Attouttt at 31 Aw 21YIJ 26.41 86,596 415 36,698 I have examined the &cu)tsnts for the year ended 31 Augu8¢ 21Y23. Thè exxminalion ha8 included a review of the ae£ounting recordB and a LY)mpari8m of Lhe accounts pre[Ited with thctt rd. The prrtedures undÈrt8ken do not provide all the evidenc th8t vnuld requiTrd to uttdertAke an *udAt aDd Ix)DSEquentty I do not exprefjB thtt &udAt OPIDWO on the view pven by the ow>uttta. In the (x>ur8e of Jny examination. no mat¢er ha8 come to my attentiott to W"th. in rny opitiioffj attention Bhould be drawn in order to enable a proper underot4nd of the a(rnurAts to be Teth¢hed. ain Whairnore Accowitanl EverydayBU6in8 Solutiom Limited J4 Field Clt)& Btslllngton Cheshire SKJO 5JG J7-MaTr24
ALLSORTS PR&SCHOOL BOLLINGTON INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT 3V08I2023 3110W2022 INCOME DonatiODO & fuodraJ8i Fee8 PArents Voueher8 NEF 314 yearoldfj EYPP Forest Sthool Batth interest Other receipt• 2.901 14.821 13,880 33.219 125 892 64,97r) 8,346 613 289 Total Itteome 52.299 EXPENDITURE Fundr&isin¥ c08ts SAlarie8- General HMRC . JRS Schen Rent C&terin¥ eotsts Equipment offi costs Gr8n¢ ro18tsd expenditure Calour8trings Oiher expendt'ture 54.683 70.495 2,508 2,521 2,447 5,962 216 2,842 2.985 Total EXndItre 62.480 82.179 NET INCOMFJ(TrXPENDITURE) FOR THE YEAR 10.181 9,218 STATEMENT OF 8r8 AND LIABILITIFS Cg8h- Cufftnt Actouunt At I September 2022 C4$h. Savinga Aceount 8t I Septefftr 2022 Ne¢ IneomellExpenditure) for thÈ year 36,596 27.380 10.181 9,216 Ca8& RerY80 At 81 2f128 26.415 RePre6ertt by: Cash- SantAnder Current Attouttt at 31 Aw 21YIJ 26.41 86,596 415 36,698 I have examined the &cu)tsnts for the year ended 31 Augu8¢ 21Y23. Thè exxminalion ha8 included a review of the ae£ounting recordB and a LY)mpari8m of Lhe accounts pre[Ited with thctt rd. The prrtedures undÈrt8ken do not provide all the evidenc th8t vnuld requiTrd to uttdertAke an *udAt aDd Ix)DSEquentty I do not exprefjB thtt &udAt OPIDWO on the view pven by the ow>uttta. In the (x>ur8e of Jny examination. no mat¢er ha8 come to my attentiott to W"th. in rny opitiioffj attention Bhould be drawn in order to enable a proper underot4nd of the a(rnurAts to be Teth¢hed. ain Whairnore Accowitanl EverydayBU6in8 Solutiom Limited J4 Field Clt)& Btslllngton Cheshire SKJO 5JG J7-MaTr24