## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 09 2022 31 08 2023 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details ## **Charity name Worthington Pre-school Group** **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1060873 Charity's principal address** Main Street Worthington Ashby-de-la-Zouch **Postcode LE65 1RQ** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Ms E Fletcher|Chair|Whole Year|| ||Mrs J Bryant|Treasurer|Whole Year|| ||Mrs E Myres||Whole Year|| ||Mrs J Scott-Blore|Secretary|Whole Year|| ||Mrs C Jones||Whole Year|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** 1 2022-23 ## **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 (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Constitution Trust - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by committee members by election at AGM (two nominations Trustee selection methods required for each trustee) - (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; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** Our charitable objects are to enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups. **TAR** 2 2022-23 Our philosophy is to create a friendly, family like atmosphere so that our children feel relaxed and able to freely express themselves. As a registered charity run by a committee of local volunteers, including parents of children in pre-school, we understand the needs of our local community. We strive to provide high quality affordable care and education so that our children get the best possible start in their educational life. **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)** **The trustees confirm that they have paid due regard to the guidance issued by the Charities Commission on public benefit in deciding which activities the charity should undertake.** We know the cost of childcare can be prohibitive and that is why we keep our fees low and help parents to access free funding for their child where possible. This aids parents to be able to attend work safe in the knowledge that their child will receive the best possible play and learning experience within their local community. We also provide a safe play and learning environment for children of preschool age to develop their social and communication skills that they may not have the benefit of accessing without our assistance. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** We are Ofsted regulated and were rated as ‘Good’ in our last inspection in October 2018. You can read the full report on the Ofsted website. Our aims and objectives are clear and focused on allowing every child in our care to achieve their potential. We aim to: - Provide high quality care and education for children below statutory school age You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. - Embrace the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and use it as the basis of our approach to early learning and development - Work in partnership with parents to help children to learn and develop - • Ensure that each child is in a safe and stimulating environment • Offer children and their parents a service that promotes quality and values diversity Our staff are friendly, dedicated, enthusiastic and truly care about delivering the best quality of care for our children. They work with parents to tailor their child’s care to ensure that each child feels safe and able to play and learn. Our staff also organise fun activities for the children and parents such as the pre-school sports day and festive activities. Our dedicated staff are assisted by a committee of volunteers who give up their time to assist with fund raising efforts, providing support and guidance and effectively governing the organisation. **TAR** 3 2022-23 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** **Achievements and Performance** The preschool continues to be a well-loved childcare setting within the community, with a dedicated, loving and hard-working team. Our reputation remains strong within our area of operation and we have had only positive feedback this year. This year we provided care and education for 28 children. The focus this year has been on developing our educational activities. The children have produced amazing artwork for our displays through topics such as Winter. Those topics have been used to focus on child led and in the moment activities. The children have thrived throughout the year and we have received positive feedback from parents. New progress report templates have been developed and implemented and have been received well by parents and staff. This year we have developed our SEND offer as we experience an increase in the number of children requiring additional support. We have worked with Worthington School to provide specialist speech and language services for our children to help identify support needs and prepare them for their transition to primary school. The team have continued to develop the setting and to promote the good work of the Pre-school. **TAR** 4 2022-23 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The charity completed the year with a reserve of £22,456 after investment in the facilities and the provision of services. The Charity adheres to a reserves policy that requires a minimum reserve equivalent to three months operating costs (current approximate required reserve is £18,500 for the current year). The current reserves will be invested with a proportion set aside for the development of the Charity’s facilities and to protect against periods of low revenue, especially in the Autumn term, where historically the pre-school receives reduced income. The trustees will determine the appropriate value of reserves to be retained based upon the Charity’s forward financial projections and risk analysis. **Details of any funds materially 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) Full name(s)** Ms Elizabeth Fletcher **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 16th April 2024 **TAR** 2022-23 5 ||**Worthington Pre-school Group**|**Worthington Pre-school Group**|**Worthington Pre-school Group**|**1060873**|**1060873**|**1060873**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|**01/09/2022**
Period start date|**To**||**31/08/2023**
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
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**15,403**
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**70,594**
**62,098**
**2,606**
**1,267**
**1,502**
**1,735**
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**222**
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**1,753**
**75,667**
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**- 5,073**
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**27,529**
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**to the nearest £**
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**to the nearest £**| |EarlyYears' Funding|**54,597**||||||**34,006**| |Fees|**15,403**||||||**18,848**| |Donations|**547**||||||**85**| |Interest|**47**||||||**3**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**70,594**||||||**52,941**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**52,941**| ||||||||| |Staff Costs|**62,098**||||||**53,854**| |Insurance & Affiliations|**2,606**||||||**2,146**| |Snacks,Supplies & Equipment|**1,267**||||||**958**| |Rent & Rates|**1,502**||||||**1,302**| |Maintenance|**1,735**||||||**684**| |Admin Costs|**2,060**||||||**2,211**| |Enrichment Activities|**222**||||||**-**| |Training|**-**||||||**65**| |Meals|**2,423**||||||**2,167**| |Utilities|**1,753**||||||**1,621**| |**_Sub total_ **|**75,667**||||||**65,008**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
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**A6 Cash funds last year end**
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**charity’s own use**
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**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
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approval| |||ELIZABETH FLETCHER|15thJan 2024| CCXX R7 accounts (SS) 7 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Roport to tho tru8t8esl membors of Worthington Pre-school Group On aecounts for the year and 31° August 2023 Charlty no (if any) 1(￿873 Sat out on pages Six and Seven I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of th8 abov8 charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110812023. Ro8pon8lbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation ba818 of report of the accounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of th8 Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Carrying out my 8xamination, I hav8 followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attentTron (othér 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 Independent •xamln•¢$ statement I have no conc8ms and have come across no other matters in connection wrth the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the wonls in the br8ckets rf they do not apply. Slgned: OJ Nam•: CLAI E AN ASSOCI AT£ CkFth&rfRQD /yAfvAfr (xwrAMr C C1/44) Relevant profes$ion•l qualification(sl or body {If ony): Addro88: 30* GE (ON LEII ILO IER Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examinei needs to h￿hlIght matters of concefn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brlef detalls of any items that the examiner wish08 to disclose. IER