Stsnloa DrTr & Pensford Prescbool Re￿rt. 1° September 2024 to 31° Augus12025 Regijtered Cb•rity liumber: 105SMI Tbe Alms of (￿r Charlty Our charity provides hi8h qualily, affordable ¢ducalKm and clllldcare for lo¢￿ families. We otTer opp)nunities for high quality &vly learnin& with lots ot"outdoor and forest club acts￿111¢* ￿ chlldren aged ktm'ecn 2 yc and 5 years old. W¢ hav¢ a strong fo¢￿5 on the ne¢ds of the individu and in supporting each chdd's developmenL We are committed to being a fully inclusive settin8. Il'e prioritise the wellbeing of staff. We are a volunwy nm sellin8 ￿ proud io be a comnllll¢¢ led prescbool. Summarv of A¢¢ouHts for FiDaDcial Ycar Eoded 31" August 2025 The acwunts for th￿ fiDancial vear show a Ios5 of 8rouDd £1600. All staff were given a pay rise of 6.P/o in Apnl 2025, in line with the increase in the National Minimum Wa8e [￿thOugh no SLqff were on the NMW ai the iirne). This 15 lo Tetleci their hard ￿'ork and io improve relenlion in a difficuli Tecrnilmeni markel. This has led to another unavoidably large rise in the H'age5 bill. Additional li￿d$ have been speni on administration to the increase in tiirnover. cbild numbers and stsfFmg 8E the setting. There have also been si8nifi&qnt dwi8es around the w'a). in wthich the funding entiilements are which ￿k¢S more administralion time. Fundraismg w'as lowcr than we had hoped for. with Onl￿ L334 being Taised during th¢ 2024-2025 tinancial year. Curttnl FlttanelAI Posldo Presch￿1 h&$ sufficient nM)nies in the CurrenLIDewsit Account to cover day io day expenditure and oul80ings. W'e have a Reserve Fund in a Building Society dcp05il account lo wver 511uats.ons in M,IM'ch the preschool might have io clo%. with outs￿￿Ing liabdities covercd by the FuDd. PresclKM)l is currently busier th8D usual for the time ofyear. with 25 childrcn on roll: including l O x 2-ycar-olds. With the cxpansion of the funded entitlements, mosi children are no￿ fimded rather than fee pa&'in8. Fees are Lurrenily low'er than funding rates for 2 vear olds and higher than fimdin8 rnes for 3 and 4 year ol(ts. This means that the s¢ttin8 risks losing y5 mofE ol that issues around the cost of living aff affecting the financial S￿%￿nab￿lty of the setting. Our goals from year I. EDJur¢ Ihat prejchool rem*lns JuJt*lnabl¢ eneourn%ing ￿rents Io maxlmbe thelr funded bours Is ehiklren ￿ttle *Dd Ihe n¢ enlillements come in. Il'e Alqo need to encournge p•rents to allow us to check whether we *r¢ ¢nliil¢d io pupil premium pymtnts to htlp Ms sUp￿rI their childrr 'e stsll find that not all parents are USiDg their filll fimded enlidemfflits. which means thal some days of the week are quieter than otheTS. This is in pan due to us M)1 beJn8 a "full day'care, selling and so some prn ch(M)se only to aLYess pan tim¢ provisjon. This can make rt tricky to manage slaffiog levels meanin8 00 some days we are over staffed. Ilowever. this d￿S allow. (ime for staff to be 'off rola, ￿ &qtch up with Parents &e tx)w more wilhn8 ts) allow us ty apply for pupll prcmium payments. This has helped the sellmg finaDcially and h&s allowed us to cover the costs of additioD81 SUP1￿ foF duldren who are entided to this money. 2. Maintain stsff wellbeing ivluding thromgh effective communicilion betslttn the committee and th¢ staff t¢am. Support Jtsff in accessing tr*ioiAg ihlt suits their inttresl Staff wellbeing remains hith with a new. policy introduced of five days sick pay, io ensure that stsff th) noi feel thai they musi work when thev arc unwell. We have also recentlv introduced b¢reavem¢ni leave: this neeib io be WTillen inlo stsff conlrdcts which atr cuttElltty bring updated. Staffing I￿5 been Stable during year. howevcr. sadly our preschool leader moved back to .8p￿n * the end of (ktokr 2025. W'e were veT)' sorry to lose her and we thank her for her Servi￿ to the sellin& One member of sthff is currenlly on malernity l¢avc and is p1annll￿ to thke up IKr full maternity leave entidemenL We ure fUTrently using baDk staff to cover gaps in sthffing and perman￿1 $￿ff have temporarily incre&8ed their daySnxm￿ until w¢ can appoint a new permanent lekn. 3. Eneourlge parenls aad carers to fundrais¢ lo help w buy addFtM)Ml resou￿¢9 for Ihe ehildreA and to eBsure finaTrciil ¥NslaiDabilit). This goal h&$ not been li￿ More effort to be math ts) erbcowage parents lo und¢rstsnd how fimdrwsing allows w (o remain sustainable and pay for ow high r*ios of staff to cluldren. 4. ￿1%1￿1*1￿ andlor iDcreaJe the nuThber of parents oo the presebool The presch￿)] commiliee cutTentli' six members, which is more th usual, so this Boal h&8 been n￿1. Our go•b for Ihii y¢ar l. Ensure presd￿l makes a Surp1￿ to tK)ost our reserve fi￿d and ensure s￿[ainablI1ty, to losses m&k in 1&81 financial year. 2. Ensure that PTeschool remains Susthinable by rncournging pmts to maxilljtse their tI￿ded bours as the nem, entitlements com¢ in. Encowagc parents to ￿'ork with the committee to fundraise substantially more money than in this financial year, with a met of £151X) to cover our losses. 3. Recruit a new pre5dwl lethr staffing l¢vc15 wknle one staff member is on maternity leave. Sue CoN'ley, Chair of Prescknl Cfflunittee November 2025 •dKioI for th• 31. ￿8￿st 2025. As the thwlty trnstees of the Tn￿ ￿ we hr the of the kn cordance wtth the rtwlren￿ts of the thwitles Act 2011 Ilhe Acil. I report In respect ol ryry emamlnatlon ol the TrusV5 accounts carrled out under secuon 145 of the 2011 l£t and In carrfvw ￿t ewlnatlon I folty4*d am the appkable D*ertlons th• Commlsshm und•r s•rtlon 145ISKb) of th• kt. 3. th• accounts do nct compty wlth the •pplK•blè requwemerts cfficernln8 the Icffm ony requirwnwrt th* the XLI)urrtS bThe • Irue f* vleal vthith ts not • m•lt•r Name.. 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