Trustees’ Annual Report 2019/2020 For Clifton Village Nursery (Charity No 1059397)
The charity’s usual activities:
Clifton Village Nursery provides full day care for children aged between 2 to 5 years old. The hours of operation are 9am to 3pm, Monday to Friday during term time only.
Public benefit statement
In setting our objectives and planning our activities the trustees of Clifton Village Nursery have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular to the enhancement of the development and education of children under statutory school age. The local children of Clifton and the surrounding areas benefit from the provision of high quality and affordable day care by a committed and highly qualified staff.
Achievements and progress during Academic Year 2019-2020
In the year ending 31/7/2020 the main highlights of the activities of the Clifton Village Nursery have been:
Our Nursery manager continues to progress the Nursery with great management of the staff and providing good training for them. The setting is fantastic and with constant changes in provision, the children who attend are always happy and excited to be there. She has great insight into what is new in the EYFS and implements these well. The staff are committed and working well together.
Due to Covid-19 we have been unable to offer activities such as Zoolab and sports provisions, but before we went into lockdown we did offer some of these activities.
Before Lockdown we managed to do some fundraising, we were a part of the local village festival. We had a stall and raised some funds from this. We also sold Christmas and Graduation photographs. We have also done some fundraising through raffles and hampers and also the usual Mother’s Day afternoon tea and the Father’s Day breakfast.
To improve our safeguarding, we reflected on our procedures in this area by undertaking the Calderdale Safeguarding audit and many improvements have been made such as:
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➢ Training - staff have also undergone many training opportunities to extend on their knowledge and skills in our commitment to safeguarding children. All staff and committee members who come into Nursery have done their Safeguarding training.
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➢ Parents’ awareness of local and national sources of help/support through information area, website, newsletters.
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➢ Parents have been given advice on safe internet in the home.
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➢ Safeguarding lead on the committee.
As a Nursery we make sure that we offer the best to our parents, therefore we are offering the thirty hours funding for working parents.
As a Nursery we feel that we have a fantastic parent partnership, we have improved our use of Tapestry to keep parents involved in their children’s learning. We are pleased with how affective Tapestry has been for us. Before Lockdown we involved parents by inviting them into the setting to watch the children do singing for Mother’s Day and the Fathers came for their special breakfast. Great bonding experiences for both parents and children. We have shared good practice and activities to aid children's wellbeing and development. We still do termly newsletters and put these on Tapestry.
The Nursery Facebook page is still working well and the staff are using it more for parents to see what their child is enjoying and learning within the setting. It is very engaging for parents to have this.
Transition to school – in 2019 we had a wonderful Graduation ceremony in our local Church, the parents and children had a wonderful. We also worked closely with our local school to provide helpful transition activities for the children. However due to Lockdown these activites could not happen in 2020.
We continue to provide quality and affordable full day care to a maximum of 46 children from Clifton and surrounding areas.
Reserves policy
There is a Reserves Policy for Clifton Village Nursery. This defines the size of the reserve, how it will be held and the period over which the reserve amount will be built up.
List of trustees during the year and up to date:
| Name of Trustee | Position | Date appointed/ co-opted |
Date Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Wray | Chair | 16/11/2016 | On going |
| Laura Nicholson | Vice-Treasurer | 15/11/2016 | On going |
| Nina Prodywus | Committee Member |
17/11/2015 | On going |
| Katy Gray | Secretary | 15/11/2017 | On going |
| Amie Walton | Treasurer | 14/11/2018 | Resigned 23/01/2020 |
| Angela Brown | Committee Member |
14/11/2018 | Resigned 23/01/2020 |
| Matthew Bolton | Committee Member |
14/11/2018 | Resigned 23/01/2020 |
| Stacey Lander | Committee Member |
23/01/2020 | On going |
| Harriet Clough | Committee Member |
01/10/2020 | On going |
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• pèrood from To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrictsd funds Reslrl¢ted funds to ihe nearest£ Endowment funds to the nearest £ Total funds L8St year ¢0 Ihg nèarèst£ to the nearest É tothe nearFSt £ A1 R•¢èipts Fees 15,023 15,023 27,891 Funding 85,932 5,932 75,B21 Supplementsry Invoices 660 660 Grani$ and gradua lunding Gift thnd 1.142 Fundr?i5iny & Donsiions $07 507 82D Intsresl earne 41 41 41 Sub total 17,373 8S,932 101163 104,574 A2 Asset and Investment sales. etc. Total receipts 17,373 85,93 102.163 IOd,57 A3 Payments Premises. phone. Internel 1,613 8,529 10,142 10.03B Wages and PAYE 12,9S2 68,S06 01,457 78,557 Insur$n¢¢ 122 766 757 SDacks aDd oiherconsumables 3,048 Administration 2,561 3,045 3.632 Subs. donaiions and charges 235 1,481 687 Sundry ilprn5 30 180 190 232 35 470 Sub tolal 15,926 100.164 1QO,248 A4 Asset and inve5trrtent purchases, etc. Total payments 15,926 B4,238 100,164 100.248 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers be0&n funds 1,447 1.694 3,141 4,326 A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 58,795 54,469 1,447 1,694 61,936 58,795 CCXX R1 acwunts ISSI 2610212021
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds to Dfjargst £ Endowment funds to n&$t£ Categories Details B1 Cash funds Bsnk Cuffenl aecount 39,22B Res&rv$¥ $nd Fundraising Accounts 21680 Petty Cash 28 Total cash funds 61,936 la9 bal8rrfeswlih recwNs aré PaYMS a¢wuntisll Ut)restricted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to nearest£ Details Fund to whlch as5gt belo Current valu& on•1 Detail$ Cost lopt10nl B3 Investment assets Fund to whlch a¥¥¢t ixlon Det8I1s Cost loplionall Current v¥lu• tlonal B4 Assets retained for the CharItS own use 111- Fund to which relatss Amourt du Wh4n duè Dètails B5 Liabilities Signe(I by one or trusteas on b8hatf of all the trustees Date of roval Signature Print Narne CCXX R2 ateounts ISSI 2610212021
Independent examiner's report to the tWStees of Clifton Village Nursery I report on the accounts of Clifton Village Nursery (Charity number 10593971 for the year ended 31 July 2020, which are set out on pages I to 2 on form CC16a. Respective responsibilitie5 of trustees and examiner The charivs trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charitY'S trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144121 of the Charitie5 Act (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to= examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act,. to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act,. and to state whether particular matters have come to my attentiork. Basis of independent examinerfs report My examination wa5 carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustee5 concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examiner's statement In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention.. 111 which Elves me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirementS= to keep accountinE records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act- and to prepare accounts which accord with the accountin8 records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met,. or 121 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the account5 to be reached. Name.. Jonathan Stead on behalf of Sleigh & Story Ltd Relevant professional qualification or body.. Chartered Certified Accountant Address.. Sleigh & Story Ltd, Thornhill Brigg Mi115. Thornhill Beck Lane, Brighouse, HD6 4AH. Date.. 26 February 2021
Independent examiner'5 report to the trustees of Clifton Village Nursery I report on the accounts of Clifton Village Nursery Icharity number 10593971 for the year ended 31 July 2020, which are set out on pages I to 2 on form CC16a. Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner The chafity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144121 of the Charities Act (the 2011 Actl and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to.. examine the accounts under sertion 145 of the 2011 Act; to follow the procedures laid down in the general Direction5 given by the Charity Commission under section 145lSllbl of the 2011 Act- and • to State whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent examinerfs report My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examinerfs statement In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention.. 111 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements.. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepare accounts which actord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met,. or 121 to which. in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandin8 of the accounts to be reached. Name.. Jonathan Stead on behalf of Sleigh & Story Ltd Relevant professional qualification or body.. Chartered Certified Accountant Address: Sleigh & Story Ltd, Thornhill Brigg Mills, Thornhill Beck Lane, Brighouse, HD6 4AH. Date.. 26 February 2021