## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From Sept 2024 Period start date To August 2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Blakeney Under Fives**
## **Charity registration number: 1060878**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The charity works for the public benefit**
**having as its objective the development**
**and education of children and young**
**people, in particular by:**
**(1) promoting their**
**care and safety,**
**(2) promoting their**
**education and promoting parental**
**involvement,**
**(3) promoting their health and**
**wellbeing,**
**(4) providing services to support**
**them and their families and carers.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Our main activity is to deliver, within our**
**fully inclusive setting for 2–5 year olds,**
**the Early Year Foundation Stage. To do**
**this we employ childcare managers and**
**practitioners who undertake joint daily**
**planning of activities to meet the needs**
**and interests of the children attending**
**our setting. We deploy a key person**
**approach to ensure that the progress**
**and well-being of all individual children**
**is constantly monitored and feeds into**
**future planning.**
**We ensure that our staff are well trained**
**and hence able to successfully meet the**
**needs of the children in our care. We**
**promote the importance of the learning**
**environment and endeavour to make**
**this**
**as stimulating as possible. We listen to**
**the views of children, parents and staff**
**and use this feedback to inform our**
**improvement work. We accurately**
**assess our children and provide this**
**information to GCC and outside support**
**agencies as**
**requested. We develop positive**
**relationships with parents and carers.**|
|||**We value all children as individuals**
**and celebrate Britain’s diversity of**
**culture of ethnicity. We help the children**
**in our care to be happy and healthy. We**
**have policies and procedures in place**
**for all aspects of safeguarding, child**
**protection and health and safety, and we**
**use staff training days and meetings to**
**ensure all staff are competent in these.**
**We follow the recommendations offered**
**by GCC specialists and the**
**guidance available from PATA.**|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**In all our work, we (the trustees) have**
**regard to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission on public benefit.**|
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We have no policy of grant making and**
**are not involved in grant making.**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Similarly, we have no policy on social**
**investment as we are not involved in**
**social investments**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**We have an established, stable and**
**proactive committee of dedicated**
**volunteers.**
**All of our practitioners continue to**
**complete regular bespoke training to**
**ensure that they are confident in the**
**latest Early Years practice. Our most**
**experienced staff continue to support all**
**staff as they learn the skills of the role.**
**We continue to complete audits and**
**review policies annually, in line with**
**feedback from managers and staff and**
**those recommendations of the GCC and**
**PATA**||
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the financial year (31**
**August**
**2025) we had a balance of £47,163.42 in**
**our current account, reserve account**
**and cash in hand**
**Income increased by £9,408.96 from**
**2024 – due to increased numbers of**
**children, increased nursery funding and**
**increased chargeable fees..**
**In line with the increased number of**
**children, our outgoings over the**
**financial year also increased by**
**£5040.29**
**This means we finished the financial**
**year with a profit of £5603.43 – which**
**helps offset some of the previous years**
**(2023) loss.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Our policy is to hold the equivalent of 2**
**term’s funds as a reserve. (There are 6**
**terms within our financial year.) This**
**enables us to manage our cash flow**
**during the autumn months (Terms 1 &**
**2), when our income is significantly**
**lower and would enable us to pay our**
**staff should the PreSchool need to close**
**for a period of time due to unforeseen**
**circumstances, such as**
**building damage.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£10,192.06**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**No funds are materially in deficit**
**currently.**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no uncertainties with regards**
**the charity continuing as a going**
**concern, we are currently nearing**
**capacity and have new committee**
**members in the process of signing up**|
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**The charity’s principal sources of funds**
**are fees and funding received from**
**children attending the Pre-School . We**
**receive some funding via fundraising.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|||**One of the principal risks facing the**
**charity is the continued lowgovernment**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**funding of childcare places. The amount**
**of funding received per child has not**
**increased proportionally in line with**
**inflation. We have seen additional**
**increases in**
**NI contributions**
**Employer pension contributions**
**Minimum wage**
**Cost of living – food,cleaning**
**products etc**
**Increased cost of resources**
**Increased cost of equipment**
**Increased cost in maintenance +**
**improvements**
**We are not permitted by GCC to charge**
**‘top up fee’s’ to funded children to cover**
**the shortfall.**|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**New trustees may volunteer or be**
**nominated and**
**appointed by current Trustees**|
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
**Trustees complete DBS checks in line**
**with statutory requirements. Trustees**
**meet and work collaboratively on all**
**aspects of the role. Induction and**
**training**
**takes place as part of regular meetings.**|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The work of Blakeney Pre-School**
**is overseen by a Committee of parents**
**and former parents. The Pre-School**
**management structure consists of two**
**well qualified and experienced joint**
**Childcare Managers. The Pre-School**
**additionally employs a Deputy**
**Childcare**
**Manager .**
**The Pre-School work regularly with a**
**number of GCC professionals, namely**
**the Early years team and Early help.**
**We also attend**
**Early Years Network and Briefing**
**Sessions hosted by GHCC. Our Pre-**
**School is on the site of Blakeney**
**Primary School and, although we are a**
**separate**
**organisation, we liaise regularly.**|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51||
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name
Blakeney Under fives
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|Registered charity number|1060878|
|Charity’s principal address|The Lodge, C/O Blakeney School, High Street, Blakeney,
Glos, GL154EB|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||J Sandford|Secretary|||
||Laura Johns|treasurer|||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Cathy Rowlands, Rachael Thomas – Preschool managers
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** R Maher **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 4.6.2026
**Blakeney Under Fives Preschool**
|**Ordinary Income/Expense**
**Income**
**Bank Interest Earned**
**Funding**
**Sales Income (Fees)**
**Total Income**
**Gross Profit**
**Expense**
**Advertising**
**Craft/Resources**
**Dues and Subscriptions**
**Depreciation Expense**
**Insurance Expense**
**Office Expense**
**Cleaning**
**Software/Stationery**
**Professional Fees**
**Rent and Rates**
**Repairs and Maintenance**
**Snack Expense**
**Telephone**
**Toys & Books**
**Training**
**Wages**
**Pension Contributions**
**Total Expense**
**Profit for the Year**|**Sep '24 - Aug 25**|
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||94.35
90,281.78
19,624.61|
||110,000.74|
||110,000.74
362.65
1,663.85
527.88
280.09
1,390.61
332.68
398.76
1,005.80
394.21
905.74
1,820.75
90.00
133.93
267.50
93,270.26
1,552.60|
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||**5,603.43**|
2024-2025 Notes: -
Fundraising – No Recorded fundraising activities.
Lloyds Bank Balance: -
As per statement 31[st] August 2025: £36849.91
Blakeney Under Fives
As per statement 31[st] August 2025 £10286.41
Cash in hand
As of 31[st] August 2025 £27.10, (based on last total assumed £265.69 cash sales figure to bring this from a negative balance)
Accounts Payable August 2025 – Nothing outstanding.
Grants- Not sure if any of the funding maybe grants, all Gloucestershire CC Income included under Funding.
Equipment – No new equipment for Tangible Assets
Payroll – have assumed a pension contribution rate of 3% for employer pension contributions and spilt accordingly
Unpaid invoices August 2025 (Debtors) No Visual of Fees outstanding at end of 2025, assumed nothing outstanding.
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