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Busy Bees Preschool 20, Bailey Close, Chingford, London E4 9HG

020 8559 4473

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Ofsted Registration Number 146918

Registered Charity Number 1049439

Annual Report and Accounts

1[st] September 2024 – 31[st] August 2025

The Busy Bees Preschool has remained busy with enough children to keep us sustainable over the last year, however we have seen numbers drop slightly but this seems to be a current trend in our locality, we have even seen local school nurseries close due to lack of uptake in their provisions.

Our Ofsted inspection on the 13[th] January 2024, went very well and we were once again graded “good”, which is due to the hard work and dedication of the staff and committee.

There have once again been changes made by Ofsted to the early years sector, and our policies and procedures have been updated to keep us compliant.

The building still continues to need repairs, this is the responsibility of the 23[rd] Chingford Scout group, who themselves are a registered charity number 303859, they do have a full self repairing lease with the London Borough of Waltham Forest, we do however note that repairs seem to be non existent and we often end up having to pay for these ourselves as the childrens safety and welfare are our top priority.

We did look at a nursery on school premises with a view to rent, but eventually the school combined the nursery and reception class (due to low numbers) and used the nursery for this class.

We had a very successful trip to Hertfordshire Zoo, in June, with many children and parents enjoying the day, the weather was kind to us, in fact a little too hot,

We had Father Christmas and his Elf join us at the Christmas Party which was hosted by the Skittleman, an entertainer that we have used for many years.

We recently dropped our starting age at Busy Bees to 20months, as we had a few children with siblings who were ready to start.

Busy Bees has started a breakfast club, there has not been much of an uptake for this, but these new sessions take time to fill.

The outside area is very popular with the children, I must thank Matthew Smith (committee member) who comes in on a regular basis to cut the grass and keep it looking tidy.

We still have a high number of children with SEN at Busy Bees, it is a joy to watch them as they make progress.

The accounts have been audited by P. Chapman this year and are attached for your information, I hope you have had time to read them and I would now like to throw the floor open to you for any questions or comments that you may have.

Thank You

Opening Balance 1st September 2024 Current Account £ 1,405.60 Deposit Account £ 17,367.82 Reserve Account £ 11,828.49 Cash in Hand £ - £ 30,601.91

Income

Fees 2 year old £ 1,666.50 Fees 3 & 4 year ols £ 3,734.50 FEEE Grant 3 - 4 years £ 111,002.30 FEEE Grant 2 years £ 75,573.44 EYPP £ 10,414.51 EHC Funding £ 23,566.20 SENIF £ 33,810.00 SENIF Notional Budget £ 6,589.32 milk refund £ 63.49 Interest £ 415.09 DAF £ 2,730.00 Raffles £ 250.40 Donations £ 99.26 Easy Fundraising £ 149.15 Photo Commission £ 83.45 £ 270,147.61

Expenditure

Staff Wages HMRC Nest Pensions Payroll OFSTED DBS Office Equipment Bank Service Charges Milk Snack Training Citation Uniform Outings Repairs & Renewals Staff Online Learning Journal ICO Insurance (2 years Premises Costs Rent PAT Testing Audible UK Fire Alarm Testing Fixed Wire Test	187,998.98 £ 6,212.17 £ 3,727.13 £ 452.70 £ 220.00 £ 192.00 £ 531.81 £ 105.34 £ 91.90 £ 634.07 £ 2,256.98 £ 2,696.83 £ 384.76 £ 1,048.54 £ 1,074.84 £ 1,469.50 £ 231.00 £ 47.00 £ 632.40 £ 210,007.95 £ 11,400.00 £ 234.00 £ 98.88 £ 354.00 £ 714.00 £

Gaden/Gardener Pest Control General Admin Expenses Landline Telephone Mobie Telephone Postage & Packaging Stationety Printer Ink A4 Paper Petty Cash Ring Doorbell Microsot Office Adobe AVG Antivirus Janitorial Supplies Nappy Cassettes Washing Up Liquid Gloves Paper towels Toilet Paper Floor Cleaner Toilet Cleaner Changing Mats Handwash Air Freshner Tissues Antibac Spray Cloths Hand Gel Bin bags Baby Wipes First Aid Advertising UK Town Maps BT Advertising Flagship Media Yell. Com Toys/Equipment/Activities Toys & Equipment Activities/Art & Craft Chalk Sand Paint Batteries Glue Cooking Activties Crayons Pencils Flour Christmas

1,224.77 £ 252.00 £ 14,277.65 £ 1,087.60 £ 368.86 £ 283.93 £ 492.67 £ 1,565.41 £ 364.92 £ 916.79 £ 88.98 £ 173.33 £ 239.64 £ 244.97 £ 5,827.10 £ 139.44 £ 12.19 £ 149.77 £ 242.08 £ 156.64 £ 98.39 £ 77.98 £ 111.08 £ 70.00 £ 37.56 £ 107.13 £ 188.43 £ 85.50 £ 195.25 £ 84.50 £ 125.22 £ 131.08 £ 2,012.24 £ 1,000.00 £ 515.16 £ 360.00 £ 1,934.40 £ 3,809.56 £ 13,072.15 £ 604.26 £ 164.24 £ 137.48 £ 263.24 £ 295.98 £ 169.45 £ 363.77 £ 149.39 £ 96.27 £ 116.55 £ 502.03 £

Halloween Services Bought In Aquacool Water Dispenser Concept Hygiene Tiny Mites/Jumping Beans Bouncy Castle & Skittleman Zoolab	134.30 £ 16,069.11 £ 830.89 £ 502.92 £ 860.00 £ 650.00 £ 501.60 £ 3,345.41 £

Opening Balance

Opening Balance £ 30,601.91 Income £ 270,147.61 Sub Total £ 300,749.52 Less Expenses -£ 210,007.95 Less Premises Costs -£ 14,277.65 Janitoria Supplies £ 2,012.24 Less General Admin Expenses -£ 5,827.10 Less Advertising -£ 3,809.56 Less Toys & Equipment -£ 16,069.11 Less Services Bought In -£ 3,345.41 £ 49,424.98

Closing Balance 31st August 2025

Current Account Deposit Account Reserve Account Cash in Hand

£ 2,437.45 £ 17,689.39 £ 29,226.43 £ 71.71 £ 49,424.98

Accounts for the Busy Bees Preschool Audited and found to be a true record of Busy Bees Preschool financial position for year end 31st August 2025 Peter Shepherd BSC (hons) P.Shepherd 2nd November 2025

30th November 2024

1st Quarter Opening Balance Current Account Deposit Account Reserve Account Cash in Hand	1,405.60 £ 17,367.82 £ 11,828.49 £ - £ 30,601.91 £ 30th Novem

Income Fees 3 & 4 year olds Fees 2 year olds FEEE 3 - 4 years FEEE 2 years EYPP EHC SENIF Senif Notional Budget Milk Refund DAF Raffles Photo Commission Easy Fudraising Donations Expenditure Staff Wages HMRC Nest Pensions Payroll Charge Office Equipment Bank Service Charges Milk Snack Training Uniform Repairs & Renewals Staff Insurance Premises Cost Rent Fire Alarm Test Gardener Pest Control General Admin Expenses Landline Telephone Mobile Phone Postage & Packaging Stationary

1,081.50 £ 825.00 £ 25,396.41 £ 17,889.90 £ 3,237.07 £ 5,787.24 £ 7,140.00 £ 1,749.99 £ 22.90 £ 1,820.00 £ 54.40 £ 47.24 £ 15.95 £ 22.50 £ 65,090.10 £ 36,942.73 £ 1,216.88 £ 858.13 £ 71.39 £ 34.48 £ 21.85 £ 26.75 £ 124.94 £ 13.00 £ 138.05 £ 251.85 £ 323.68 £ 200.00 £ 40,223.73 £ 3,480.00 £ 354.00 £ 300.00 £ 60.00 £ 4,194.00 £ 490.34 £ 44.37 £ 33.65 £ 82.24 £

Printer Ink A4 Paper Petty Cash Microsoft Office Abode Janitorial upplies Nappy Cassettes Washing Up Liquid Gloves Paper Towels Toilet Paper Toilet Cleaner Hand Wash Tissues Anti Bac Spray Cloths Baby Wipes Waste Bags First Aid Advertising BT Direcrories Flagsship Website Yell.com Toys Equipment Activities Toys & Equipment Art & Craft Cooking Halloween Flour Services bought in Aquacool water dispenser Concept Hygiene Opening Balnce Income sub total Less Expenses Less Premises Cost Less Adminnstation Cost Less Janitorial Cost Less Adverttising Less Toys & Equipment Less Service Bought In Current Account Deposit Account

438.48 £ 22.20 £ 129.82 £ 47.94 £ 59.91 £ 1,348.95 £ 31.92 £ 7.19 £ 21.06 £ 43.18 £ 27.00 £ 9.59 £ 18.44 £ 40.32 £ 26.38 £ 21.60 £ 18.06 £ 20.14 £ 79.73 £ 364.61 £ 85.86 £ 90.00 £ 483.60 £ 659.46 £ 2,808.89 £ 162.90 £ 39.98 £ 134.30 £ 55.80 £ 400.77 £ 98.28 £ 499.05 £ 30,601.91 £ 65,181.36 £ 95,783.27 £ 40,767.99 -£ 4,194.00 -£ 1,348.95 -£ 364.61 -£ 659.46 -£ 3,474.61 -£ 499.05 -£ 44,474.60 £ 825.74 £ 21,821.46 £

Reserve Account Cash in Hand	20,566.11 £ 1,261.29 £ 44,474.60 £

Peter & Pamela Shepherd Bsc (Hons)

51 Chivers Road

Chingford

London

E4 9TD

07483316221

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I, Mr Peter Shepherd of 51 Chivers Road, Chingford, E4 9TD can confirm that I have examined the account of the Busy Bees PreSchool, 20 Bailey Close, Chingford E4 9HG.

The accounts for the period 1[st] September 2024 – 31[st] August 2025 were presented with Bank Statements, Invoices, Receipts and Cash Book for my examination.

I can confirm that there were no discrepancies and they reflect a true record of the Charities financial position.

The closing balance of these accounts stans at £49,424,98 as at 31[st] August 2025.

I therefore agree this set of accounts.

P. Shepherd

Peter Shepherd Bsc (Hons)