2025-08-31-accounts - Allsorts Pre-School Playgroup Bollington

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Allsorts Preschool Chair’s Report 2025

This is my first Chair’s report since joining the Allsorts community in January 2025 and enrolling my eldest child at this brilliant preschool. It has been my pleasure to be part of the parent committee for the past year, along with Rosie and Petra. Kathryn and the team have been brilliant to work with, and I am so happy to have been able to help, albeit in small ways, such a fantastic preschool.

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. One huge draw for us as a family was Allsorts continuous provision approach, promoting child-led learning in which children are given autonomy and respect. Based on the principle that children learn best when they are following their own interests and the staff at Allsorts are so skilled at facilitating this natural approach to learning. This approach is something that was celebrated in their recent Ofsted inspection, where they received Outstanding in all areas.

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 and the Toy Sale. This is along with the Coop funding that was secured by Kathryn in 2023 which has greatly contributed to the total. Thanks to Rosie and Petra for showing me the ropes and for putting the hard work in to make this happen. In total we have raised just under £3,000 .

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 the new blinds/projector and the new outdoor kitchen units and the very popular sensory swing.

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 2025, 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, Rosie Moss and Petra Czajbok. As Rosie no longer has children at Allsorts due to their move on to Primary School, she has stepped down from the committee. And Petra is no longer able to commit after being and member of the parent committee for two years. Therefore, we are looking for two new members for the new committee for the year ahead, this will be for the roles of secretary and treasurer.

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, Rosie and Petra, for all their hard work, energy, and the fun we have working as a team this year.

Charlotte Moss November 2025

ALLSORTS PRESCHOOL BOLLINGTON INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR TO 3110812025 YEAR TO 3110812024 INCOME Donation8 & fvndrai8in¥ Fee8 from parents Cheshire FJaSt Tr unding Inclusion funding Forest School LunLh Money Other Tecaipt8 2.946 13.865 57,401 6,389 1,137 3.728 1,005 4,086 9,939 34,679 2,822 854 884 Total Inconle 86,471 63,214 LXPENDITURE Fundraising c08ts S&larAe8 - General Rent & rate8 Equipment Fore8t Sehool Lunch Money Other e¥penditure 61,668 3.800 1,318 I,iio 3,705 2.81S S7.130 2.1 5,48Y 3,365 TotAI Expenditure 74,416 68.485 NET INC0MFJ(PEND1TUREj FOR THE YEAR 12.065 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITILS C&8h - Current Accouunt at I Soptember 2024 Net Incomel(Expenditure) for the year 11,164 12,056 26,415 16.251 Cash Reserves At al AuguBt 2025 11,164 Represented by: Cagh . SantAnder Current A(%xtrunt a¢ 31 Augu8t 2025 23.219 11,164 23.219 11,164 I have ex&tuined the attounts for the year eled 31 Augu8t 2025. Thè examination ba8 included a review of tho &(munting record8 And a comp8ri8m of the aLrount8 pre8ented with tho8e record8. The procedure8 undertaken do not provide all the evidence tb8t would be required to undertake an audit and con8equently I do not expre88 an audit (yinion on the view yven by the. accounts. In the cour8e of my examinatioty no n)atter ha8 Cotne to my attention to which, in my opinion. attentlQD 8hould be drawn in er to enable 8 proper understsllding of the attounts to be reached. Itsin TrVha¢more Aeenuntant Everyduy Busine88 SO110n* Limited 14 b¢eld (',108É Rollington Che8ht SKIO 5JG 24-May-26