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

**From 1/4/2024 Period start date To 31/3/2025** 

## **Period end date** 

**Charity name: Ysgol Meithrin Llansawel** 

## **Charity registration number: 1054480** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|
|---|---|---|
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document<br>Para 1.17<br>**To provide preschool environment for**<br>**children aged between 18 months and 12**<br>**through the medium of Welsh and**<br>**English where needed.**<br>**Provide wrap around care and holiday**<br>**club. **|||
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.<br>Para 1.17 and<br>1.19<br>**Provision of preschool care to children**<br>**in Llansawel and surrounding areas.**<br>**Provision of holiday club / wrap around**<br>**care.**<br>**Supply of healthy snacks and meals.**|||
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have full regard to guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity Commission on**<br>**public benefit and are happy that the**<br>**charity is fulfilling its purpose.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 


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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
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|SORP reference|||
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**In the financial year covering 24/25 we**<br>**are continuing to improve our facilities.**<br>**Our opening hours were 8am to 4pm – 5**<br>**days per week.**<br>**Although we had to increase our fees this**<br>**year due to financial pressures ( cost of**<br>**living / staff wage increase) our fees**<br>**remained the lowest in the area.**<br>**We also ran affordable holiday clubs to**<br>**support working families when care can**<br>**be difficult.**<br>**Through the provision of affordable care**<br>**and a compassionate approach to fee**<br>**collection we have allowed greater**<br>**financial freedom to families.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Slight increase in income and decrease in**<br>**expenditure leading to a profit.  As the**<br>**accounts are prepared on a cash basis**<br>**some of this profit is due to funds**<br>**received in advance**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**None held**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**None**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**Not yet in a financial position to do so**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**||
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|You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Fees received from parents and Childcare**<br>**funding programmes, Community**<br>**Fundraisers and applied for grants**|



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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Fees received from parents and Childcare**<br>**funding programmes, Community**<br>**Fundraisers and applied for grants**|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Cost of living crisis / inflation, raising**<br>**fees / reduction of children attending.**|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIW**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association,CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated association**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Election to post at AGM**|



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Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and  Para 1.51<br>training of trustees<br>The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider  Para 1.51<br>network with which the<br>charity works<br>Relationship with any related  Para 1.51<br>parties<br>Other<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **Reference and Administrative details** 


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Charity name Ysgol Meithrin Llansawel<br>Other name the charity uses Cylch Meithrin Llansawel<br>Registered charity number 1045580<br>Charity’s principal address Neuadd Llansawel<br>Llansawel<br>Llandeilo<br>Carms<br>SA19 7JH<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




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


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Dates acted if not for whole  Name of person (or body) entitled<br>Trustee name  Office (if any)<br>year to appoint trustee (if any)<br>1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** 


## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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

**Type of Name Address adviser** 


## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 


## **Other optional information** 




## **Declarations** 

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

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

|**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**|**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**||
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|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**<br>31/1/26<br>Moi Leong<br>Moi Leong<br>Trustee||Christine Jones|
|||Christine Jones|
||<br> <br>Trustee|Trustee|
||<br>31/1/26||





## **Cylch Meithrin Llansawel Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025** 

||**Year to**||
|---|---|---|
|**Income**||**31/03/2025**|
|Fees||69012.50|
|Donations||1800.00|
|Fundraisers||1955.50|
|Grant||897.66|
|**Total Income**||**73665.66**|
|**Expenditure**|||
|Food||2805.64|
|Rent||4100.00|
|Staff Wages||48380.40|
|Staff PAYE||3602.20|
|Staff Pension||2050.71|
|Staff Training||1535.11|
|Training & Resources||2860.48|
|Cleaning||1080.00|
|Accountancy||463.20|
|Repairs||425.54|
|Subscriptions||150.00|
|Waste Disposal||1154.40|
|Uniforms|||
|U check||228.90|
|Trips||181.32|
|Sundry||147.80|
|Hall Hire for Party||150.00|
|Computer||74.38|
|Christmas Presents|||
|**Total Expenditure**||**69390.08**|
|||4275.58|
|Lloyds Bank Balance||2798.00|
|Natwest Savings Account||12818.09|





Davina J Gri�iths MAAT 

Boughrood Court Boughrood 

Brecon Powys LD3 0YG 

30 January 2025 

Cylch Meithrin Llansawel 

Llansawel 

Carmarthenshire SA19 7JH 

Dear Sirs 

I have checked the accounts of Cylch Meithrin Llansawel for the year ended 31 March 2025 and have them correctly prepared on a Cash Basis. 

If you need any further information please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Yours faithfully 

_Davina Gri�iths_ 

**Davina Gri�iths MAAT** 

