2025-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date 01 09 2024

Period end date 31 08 2025

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Highampton Area Pre-School Group

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1054665

Charity's principal address Highampton Village Hall Church Road Highampton Beaworthy Devon Postcode EX21 5LE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	R Woollacott	Chair
	D Dimmock-Wright	Vice-Chair
	G Smithers	Secretary
	S Biffen	Treasurer
	M Moore	Committee

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

EYA constitution

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Trust

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Elected at AGM

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

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

Highampton pre-school is registered with OFSTED (106127) and is a member of the EYA

The pre-school has a childcare protection policy in place which includes carrying out DBS checks for new and existing staff and committee members

All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or benefits

• relationship with any related parties;

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

Section C Objectives and activities

To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the Summary of the objects of the needs of their children by offering appropriate play, education and care charity set out in its facilities and adhering to the aims and objectives of the Early Years governing document Alliance

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Highampton Pre-School is a small, friendly parent-managed pre-school providing a varied, interesting and informative Early Learning Years education and childcare for children between the age of two to five years from Highampton and the surrounding villages.

The Pre-School employs 3 part-time staff during the school year to provide day care for three days a week (8.45am to 15.15pm)

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)

We welcome all children within the age range regardless of personal circumstance, gender, faith, cultural background and lingual ability.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

A significant contribution is made by the committee members (Trustees) who provide a management and fund raising service to the Pre-School.

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

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

We started the Autumn term 2024 with lots of children. Toddler group flourishing The website is looking fantastic The children and staff enjoyed a bring and share lunch and party games. They met Father Christmas at Scribbleton and received a present.

The children were able to enjoy an outing to the Hidden Valleyat the end of term.

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Section E Financial review

The pre-school maintains a minimum reserve of three months operating costs

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:

• 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) R Woollacott

Full name(s) Rochelle Woollacott Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 03/10/2025

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HIGHAMPTON AREA PRE-SCHOOL GROUP RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS MAIN ACCOUNT ST YEAR ENDING 31 AUGUST 2025 Current Year£ 7624.5 Wrevious Year £ 8,308.30 RECEIPTS FEES Toddlers Earl Years Grant Donation Fund raising, Lottery £232.37 Photos £20 Outing £23.80 Current Ye4r£ 3069 Previous Year £ 2 863.00 PAYMENTS RENT & HEATtNG 468 5.47 54,006.42 WAGES UIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS.. Ofsted £50 L£)ttery Licence £20 Gifts £41.98 £11)8.84 £14.55 Initial £202.59 Flowers £21 ICO £104 Spare Clothes £7.20 Transfer £1 0.000 ¢ HVH Floor £1480.56 PENSION PAYE TRAtNING 1st Aid CONSUMABLES INSURANCE WEBSITE CURRICULUM CONS PHONBISTA TION TOTAL PA YMENTS 41379.01 1473.78 12050.72 40,385.48 273.96 419.28 276.17 451.50 MISCELLANEOUS.. Gift £108.84 108.84 y/ 3056.70 1794.64 1873.73 496.32 1.797.51 52.50 371.73 983.28 685.99 606.85 393,20 55 780.27 310.39 1027.35 522.99 255.11 524.?] 64,280.93 TOTAL RECEIPTS 54, 4.98 65,822.92 Net surplus/deficit for the year + or- surplusldeficit total brought fornard from SURPLUSIDEFICIT CARIUED FORWARD -£9,435.95 £52029.01 Un-cleared payments for the period ending 31108125 BANK STATEMENT AS AT 31st AUGUST 2025 £43a93.06 £O.IM) £43J93.06 SoJtr(3nder Alc- 93513kyES &(￿¥￿ 8ic B￿C￿LeS fefrftd rD CbLcL¥rt¥e5 31 20zi4 knsg. o I 1fX)cO.￿ ¢ 3.6s ￿C￿ ctr 31 tknx3 2oZS I￿}21 1 Ucyds 144-39 13 3CI93 85

(HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to th& trustees HIGHAMPTON AREA PRE-SCHOOL GROUP On accounts for the year ended 31ST AUGUST 2025 Charlty no (If any) 1054665 Sot out on page5 I report to the trustees on my examination of the ￿￿UnIS of the ab)ve charity (Ihe Trust") for the year ended 3110812025. Responslbllltlos and basls of roport As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparalion of the a¢￿UnIS in accordance with the requirements of the Charitiès Act 2011 (Ihe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's a￿OuntS carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charrty Commission under section 14515)(b) of the Ad. Independent IThe charity's gross incoffé exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified lo examiner's Statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed bodyll. Delete [ ] rfnot applicable. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examinats'on (other than that disdosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any malerial respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Chartties Act; or the accounts did not a￿rd with the ac£ounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements con￿mIng the fomi and content of accounts set oul in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and ha￿ come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the ac￿untS to be reached. ' Ple8S8 delete Ihe wonls in the brdd(ets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Dats: 2SI512 Name: Jcwe EAce Relevant professlonal quallficatlonlsl or body riAAAr IER Oct 2018

(rfany): Address: Qceci E￿33K. Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examinef needs lo highlight material matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of charity a￿ounts. directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Glve here brlef detalls of any items that the examiner wlshos to dlsclose. IER Oct 2018