2021-03-31-accounts - Cylch Meithrin Llandrindod

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Cylch Meithrin Llandrindod (Reg. charity no. 1056540)

Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31 March, 2021

The trustees of Cylch Meithrin Llandrindod present their annual report and accounts for the year beginning 1 April, 2020 to 31 March, 2021 and confirm they comply with the requirements of the Charities Act, 2011.

Objectives

Our objective is to advance the education of preschool children aged 2 – 4 years in mainly, but not exclusively, Llandrindod and the surrounding areas, through the medium of the Welsh language in a friendly, caring environment. We aim to ensure our service provides access to high quality Foundation Phase education and Flying Start for up to 2.5 hours per day (maximum of 10 hours per week if paid for by government). Maximum of 2.5 hours per weekday for 2+ Flying Start. Building on the success of the Cylch Meithrin approach, provision is through the medium of Welsh with some English to support children entering a bilingual school.

Our Aims

To advance the education of children by providing safe and satisfying plat and activities through the medium of Welsh with some English to support children entering a bilingual school
To support and preserve good mental, physical and emotional health of the children
To provide a warm, safe and friendly environment
To provide friendly, caring and approachable staff
To enable children to learn through play using both indoor and outdoor learning environments while supervised at all times
To give children the opportunity to interact with other children To prepare children for their transition to primary school

Review of Activities and Performance

We are a high quality and friendly early years care and education setting, catering for children aged 2 to 5 years, through the medium of Welsh. We follow the Foundation Phase curriculum which emphasises; earning through play and exploration.

We continue to provide morning and afternoon sessions to children. We are currently registered for 19 children in the 3+ setting and 10 children in the flying start session.

3 + Leader’s Annual Report AGM June 2021

At present there are 13 children on our register accessing the government funded 3+ provision, and 2 fee paying children accessing the setting. We are running sessions Monday to Thursday from 9 O’clock until 11.30 am. We were closed from the Christmas break to February half term, due to COVIC 19.

Staff

Tracey Price and Jo Bridgeman continue to lead jointly and Lesley Evans is our assistant. We are currently without a relief member of staff. We have approached a number of people

to cover with no success.

Training

Jo ALN Training

Grants

We have been allocated Early Years Physical Development Grant of £1035.00. This is to be used to purchase equipment and resources for the setting. We have discussed this as a whole team and have purchased several plant holders and plants, which the children have

planted and are enjoying watching grow. We plan to use the rest of the grant to improve our outside area. The Cylch Meithrin has been awarded a Business Wales Covid Grant of £5,000.00 and an Early Years Pupil Deprevation Grant of £6,900.00. We were also successful with our application for a Sustainability Grant from the Welsh Government of £339.99, this is to help with the cost of cleaning materails for the setting.

Mudiad Meithrin

to be very successful and Miriam’s reports indicate that she is pleased with the progress of both staff and children.

Advisory Teacher

Liz Loxton continues to support us and she has advised that we keep in touch with the children during lockdown. We were posting on Seesaw and Facebook and we made check in phone calls.

Trips

Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 pandemic trips have not been possible this year.

We would like to thank the Committee for your continued support, time and hard work. A special thanks to Hannah Fury for steering us through this time and for being there for us at the drop of a hat! We really appreciate everything you do. Tracey and Jo

Flying Start Leader’s Annual report AGM June 2021 – Flying Start

Annual update

Our afternoon sessions are open five days per week (totalling 12.5 hours) for children accessing Flying Start funded places and children aged 2-3 who are not eligible if space is available. Currently we have six children accessing the service – four eligible for Flying Start funding. Priority places are always given to Flying Start children but when we are in a position to accept children outside the Flying Start area, our fee is £4 per hour/£10 per session

Due to Covid 19 the setting was closed from the Christmas break and we reopened after February half term. During this time staff kept in close contact with the families with regular phone calls and posts on our seesaw app.

Staff

Cariad Griffiths left us last October so currently Tracey is Acting Leader and Lesley Evans is the Assistant. Jo Bridgeman is helping to cover sessions until a permanent Leader is found.

Training

All staff are up to date with mandatory training – first aid, Advanced Child Protection, Domestic Violence and radicalisation training.

Due to Covid 19 we have not been offered the training we are other years, however Tracey has done the ALN training and Lesley is part way through the Incredible Beginnings Training.

Resources

We have been allocated £1,035.00 by Flying Start to purchase equipment and resources for physical development. We have discussed this as a whole Cylch team and are thinking possibly a custom-built sandpit, and other outdoor physical equipment.

Mudiad Meithrin

We continue to receive support from the programme ‘Croesi’r Bont’ to develop the setting’s Welsh language. Our link support, Miriam, was visiting regularly offering ideas, resources and advice. Once the pandemic allows, these visits will continue. This partnership is proving to be very successful and Miriam’s reports indicate that she is pleased with the progress of both staff and children.

Financial Review

Please see Leader's reports above to see any grants/funding received.

Financial Statements have been prepared for the year ended 31 March, 2019, and have been independently examined. These are attached to the end of this report.

Structure, Governance and Management

Cylch Meithrin is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation run by a voluntary committee of parents, carers and school staff. The committee meets once during every half-term of the school calendar or more frequently if required. Our Annual General Meeting takes place as close to the end of the financial year as possible, All parents/carers are welcome to attend these meetings. All trustees give up their time freely and no remuneration has been paid to any trustee during this period.

In addition to half termly committee meetings, we have also been holding Management Meetings, where the core management of the delivery of the setting meet where possible.

Covid-19 hit us hard this year with our leader leaving and being short staffed. Our small team got through it and managed to continue to provide Llandrindod Wells and surrounding areas with key support via the medium of welsh for children during these terrible times. I would like to say a massive thank you to all those involved in supporting us. Without our tremendous staff, Powys and Cylch Meithrin and our committee members to support we wouldn’t be the thriving setting we are today.

We would welcome support from parents or carers in any way which they think they could help, and this could be becoming a committee member volunteering to help with fundraising events.

Hannah Fury

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Chair 12[th ] June, 2021

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Cylch Meithrin Llandrindod On accounts for the year 31 March 2021 Charity no 1056540 ended (if any) Set out on pages 6

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2021
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of basis of report the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention ~~(other than that disclosed below *)~~ in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Date: 02/8/2022 Signed: Name: Susan Davies Relevant professional AAT qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Unit 30 Ddole Road, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 6DF

SOFA

Charity No 1056540 Cylch Meithrin Llandrindod Wells

RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 31 MARCH 2021

Receipts Child Payments PCC & Flying Start Funding Fundraising Action for Children MYM Interest HMRC JRS Misc Total receipts: Payments PAVO Salaries & Oncosts Petty Cash Equipment Staff Training & Travel Costs Misc Total payments: Total surplus/deficit Cash funds brought forward 1 April 2020 Cash funds carried forward 31 March 2021	General Funds 230 45,371 - - - - 4,883 471 50,955 560 35,626 - 1,424 442 161 38,213 12,742 5,678 18,420	Restricted Funds - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total 2021 230 45,371 - - - - 4,883 471 50,955 560 35,626 - 1,424 442 161 38,213 12,742 5,678 18,420	2020 130 40,076 - 942 400 0 - 90
				41,638 325 41,307 - 717 489 376
				43,215
				(1,577) 7,255
				5,678

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR THE PERIOD 1 April 2019 - 31 March 2020

Cash Assets Bank accounts Current Account 81008048 Deposit Account 61390929	31/03/2021 £ 18,252 168
	18,420

Liabilities

Independent Examiniation	100
	100

The financial statements were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on

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