## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

|**From **|Period start date<br>Day<br>01<br>Month<br>April|Year<br>2024|**To**|Period end date<br>Day<br>31<br>Month<br>March|Year<br>2025|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|



Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** St Andrews with St Peters Preschool **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1054138 ~~——=~~ **Charity's principal address** 375 Weston Road Weston Coyney Stoke-on-Trent **Postcode ST3 6HB** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|1 Mike Lomax|Chair|||
|2 Patricia Smith|Vice Chair|||
|3 John Cooper|Treasurer|||
|4 Gillian Fullwood|Secretary|||
|5 Katherine Murray|Manager|||
|6 Christine Lomax||||
|7 Alan Smith||||
|8 Gemma Hall||||
|9 Hazel Beardmore||||
|10 Jocelyn Podmore||||
|11||||
|12||||
|13||||
|14||||
|15||||
|16||||
|17||||
|18||||
|19||||
|20||||



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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of adviser **<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|**Early Years Charity**|Pre-school Learning<br>Alliance|The Fitzpatrick Building 186 York Way London N7 9AD|
|**Early Years Advisor**|Early Years &<br>Childcare Services|Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke on Trent ST4 1RU|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

Kathleen Murray - Manager 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Pre-School Learning Alliance Constitution 2011 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Committee How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by Committee Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

We are registered with Ofsted and are a member of the Pre-school You **may choose** to include Learning Alliance and have adopted their 2011 constitution. A copy of the additional information, where constitution is kept in our policy and procedures file. We are a community relevant, about: run group and pre-school is run by an elected committee of volunteers. All  committee members are DBS checked and are on the update service. At policies and procedures adopted for the induction and our AGM we invite parents/carers along to join our committee. The committee meets once a month. We have a welcome pack to outline the training of trustees; roles and responsibilities of the committee. 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

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We aim to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age in our local community. The staff is fully trained and we encourage further training as required to enhance our **Summary of the objects of the** child’s education. We offer opportunities for all children whatever their **charity set out in its** race, culture, religion, means and ability, **governing document** 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

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## Section D                      Achievements and erformance p 

The main achievements of the charity during the year have been to **Summary of the main** sustain a financial turnover and a large recruitment drive to encourage **achievements of the charity** more families to use our service. **during the year** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

Any reserves to be placed in the deposit account 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

Fundraising is ongoing throughout the year and it usually parents/carers who support our fundraising. All monies raised is spent on new resources and equipment for the children. 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**<br>**Date**|M.G.S. Lomax|P.A. Smith|
|---|---|---|
||M.G.S. Lomax|P.A. Smith|
||<br> Chair|Vice Chair|
||01.07.24||
||01.07.24||



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||**Charity Name**|||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**St. Andrews with St. Peters Preschool**|**St. Andrews with St. Peters Preschool**||||**1054138**|||||
|**Receipts and payments accounts**<br>Period start date<br>Period end date<br>**To**<br>**For the period**<br>**from**<br>**01/04/2024**<br>**31/03/2025**<br>~~a~~<br>~~ee ee ee~~|||||||||**CC16a**||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
||**to the nearest      £**|**to the nearest      £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
|Fees|11,128||**-**||**-**||**11,128**||14,165||
|Funding|106,627||**-**||**-**||**106,627**||53,384||
|Snacks|670||**-**||**-**||**670**||0||
|Fund Raising|1,064||**-**||**-**||**1,064**||752||
|Miscellaneous|674||**-**||**-**||**674**||754||
|**-                                -**|**-                                -**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**-                                -**|**-                                -**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**-                                -**|**-                                -**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_**120,163**||**-**||**-**||**120,163**||**69,055**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_           120,163**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**120,163**<br>**69,055**<br>~~——————~~|||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
|Wages|56,914||**-**||**-**||**56,914**||49,941||
|Pensions|4,413||**-**||**-**||**4,413**||3,779||
|HMRC|3,609||**-**||**-**||**3,609**||1,651||
|Food/Snacks|422||**-**||**-**||**422**||325||
|Hall Rent|7,009||**-**||**-**||**7,009**||8,011||
|Consumables|231||**-**||**-**||**231**||177||
|Equipment|2,414||**-**||**-**||**2,414**||159||
|Administration|441||**-**||**-**||**441**||590||
|Stationary|154||**-**||**-**||**154**||122||
|Phone|508||**-**||**-**||**508**||409||
|FundraisingCosts|-||**-**||**-**||**-**||68||
|Insurance|713||**-**||**-**||**713**||670||
|Training|40||**-**||**-**||**40**||254||
|Ofsted Fees|50||**-**||**-**||**50**||50||
|Miscellaneous|1,590||**-**||**-**||**1,590**||1,910||
|**_Sub total_ **|**78,508**||**-**||**-**||**78,508**||**68,116**||
|78,507<br>78,507<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                                -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**78,508**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**78,508**<br>**68,116**<br>78,507<br>78,507<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**41,655**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**41,655**<br>**939**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**-                            -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**16,523**<br>**-                            -**<br>**16,523**<br>**-**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**<br>**58,178**<br>**-**<br>**-           58,178**<br>~~——————~~<br>~~===>|"=~~|||||||||||



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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>J.L.Cooper|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**58,178**<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|
|---|---|---|
||Signature|Print Name|
||J.L.Cooper|JOHN LESLIE COOPER|
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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

|**From **|Period start date<br>Day<br>01<br>Month<br>April|Year<br>2024|**To**|Period end date<br>Day<br>31<br>Month<br>March|Year<br>2025|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|



Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** St Andrews with St Peters Preschool **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1054138 ~~——=~~ **Charity's principal address** 375 Weston Road Weston Coyney Stoke-on-Trent **Postcode ST3 6HB** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|1 Mike Lomax|Chair|||
|2 Patricia Smith|Vice Chair|||
|3 John Cooper|Treasurer|||
|4 Gillian Fullwood|Secretary|||
|5 Katherine Murray|Manager|||
|6 Christine Lomax||||
|7 Alan Smith||||
|8 Gemma Hall||||
|9 Hazel Beardmore||||
|10 Jocelyn Podmore||||
|11||||
|12||||
|13||||
|14||||
|15||||
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of adviser **<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|**Early Years Charity**|Pre-school Learning<br>Alliance|The Fitzpatrick Building 186 York Way London N7 9AD|
|**Early Years Advisor**|Early Years &<br>Childcare Services|Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke on Trent ST4 1RU|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

Kathleen Murray - Manager 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Pre-School Learning Alliance Constitution 2011 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Committee How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by Committee Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

We are registered with Ofsted and are a member of the Pre-school You **may choose** to include Learning Alliance and have adopted their 2011 constitution. A copy of the additional information, where constitution is kept in our policy and procedures file. We are a community relevant, about: run group and pre-school is run by an elected committee of volunteers. All  committee members are DBS checked and are on the update service. At policies and procedures adopted for the induction and our AGM we invite parents/carers along to join our committee. The committee meets once a month. We have a welcome pack to outline the training of trustees; roles and responsibilities of the committee. 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

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We aim to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age in our local community. The staff is fully trained and we encourage further training as required to enhance our **Summary of the objects of the** child’s education. We offer opportunities for all children whatever their **charity set out in its** race, culture, religion, means and ability, **governing document** 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

**TAR** 

March **2025** 

3 



You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**TAR** 

March **2025** 

4 



## Section D                      Achievements and erformance p 

The main achievements of the charity during the year have been to **Summary of the main** sustain a financial turnover and a large recruitment drive to encourage **achievements of the charity** more families to use our service. **during the year** 

**TAR** 

March **2025** 

5 



## **Section E                    Financial review** 

Any reserves to be placed in the deposit account 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

Fundraising is ongoing throughout the year and it usually parents/carers who support our fundraising. All monies raised is spent on new resources and equipment for the children. 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**<br>**Date**|M.G.S. Lomax|P.A. Smith|
|---|---|---|
||M.G.S. Lomax|P.A. Smith|
||<br> Chair|Vice Chair|
||01.07.24||
||01.07.24||



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