Clifton Street Preschool AGM meeting 29.1.25 minutes
1. Welcome
Attendees:
Sarah Rodham-Heaps, Elayne Chappell, Chris Lawton, Vanessa O’Donoghue, Jodi Wilkinson, Helen Green, Paul Yaun, Elisabeth Loheac, Claire Harris, Gisele Barbosa, Rahul Raman, Jincy George, Reema Balakar
Apologies:
Sean Lamb
2. Update from Chair;
Elayne thanked the staff and committee for the last year at preschool. She said that it had been a busy year with lots of changes.
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The back room had been developed into a sensory/quiet space to help meet the needs of some of the children with SEND. This will be ongoing throughout this academic year.
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In 2023-24 preschool was at capacity with people still enquiring about spaces for their children.
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In the last financial year the preschool made a profit of over £7000
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At the start of this year there were only 8 children on role but by January there were 21 on role with this number predicted to increase to 27 by April.
3. Committee update;
Elayne Chappell to remain as chair until Chris’ EY2 through. Chris Lawton to become Chair once he has his EY2 – DBS already obtained. Nominated by Elayne, seconded by Vanessa
Claire Harris voted on as a new committee member. Nominated by Elayne, seconded by Vanessa
Louise Morton voted on as a new committee member. Nominated by Elayne, seconded by Helen.
4. Financial Overview
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Last year’s financial report circulated
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Last year preschool made a profit of £7088.31
5. Actions
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Elayne to contact Ofsted and give notification of change of members.
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Sarah to submit return to Charities Commission
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New members to begin DBS/EY2 process
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Clifton Street Preschool
Charity Registration Number 1058446 Month 1-13(06/04/23-05/04/24)
| Charity Registration Number 1058446 Month 1-13(06/04/23-05/04/24) |
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| Income | 2023/2024 | **2022/2023 ** | Expenditure | 2023/2024 | 2022/2023 |
| Pre-school Funding | £80,203.12 | £58,267.63 Wages inc Tax & National Insurance | £58,267.63 Wages inc Tax & National Insurance | £73,591.89 | £64,602.97 |
| Pre-school Fees | £7,410.50 | £3,700.50 | |||
| HMRC | consumables & admin costs | £4,097.95 | £4,891.71 | ||
| T-Shirt / Book-Bag Sales | £54.00 | £72.00 Premises Cost inc Utilities | £72.00 Premises Cost inc Utilities | £6,750.04 | £5,389.23 |
| DAF Award | DAF Spend | ||||
| SENRAP & Inclusion Funding | £7,503.90 | £9,440.00 SBC Maintenance Costs | £9,440.00 SBC Maintenance Costs | £1,404.00 | £1,188.00 |
| Fundraising | £277.14 | £700.01 Fundraising (transfer) | £700.01 Fundraising (transfer) | £1,043.02 | £592.39 |
| Events | £595.25 | Events | £128.54 | £253.95 | |
| Repayment of Admin Fees | £44.30 Courses/DBS | £44.30 Courses/DBS | £594.60 | £195.00 | |
| student payment | £2,000.00 photo orders | £2,000.00 photo orders | £104.00 | ||
| Hall Hire | £500.00 | £500.00 Toys & Books | £500.00 Toys & Books | £916.48 | £850.79 |
| commission | £46.00 | Pension (Employee & Employer) | £1,362.51 | £1,231.10 | |
| photo orders | £104.00 | Equipment | 655.59 | £2,043.72 | |
| donation | £300.00 | ||||
| refunds | £200.95 | ||||
| Total Income | £96,693.91 | £75,225.39 | **£89,605.60 ** | £80,646.47 | |
| 2023/2024 | 2022/2023 | ||||
| Income - Expenditure | £7,088.31 | -£5,421.08 |
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Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
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Report to the trustees CLIFTON: STeeeT; PRESCWOOLip . On accounts for the year ne Charity no ended APRIL LOLLY (if any) \OS¢ Uy Ur(,. | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended : Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act’). | 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, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent [The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and! am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable. | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or e the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or e the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. | have no concerns and have 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 accounts to be reached. * Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. , Name: | -7YUPy KY LOSTIELLO Relevant professional \ qualification(s) or body PYeT Ly (if any): EE
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Section B
Disclosure
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