## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From:** 1 Sep 2022 **Period start date To:** 31 Aug 2023 **Period end date**
## **Charity name: MULBERRY PRE-SCHOOL**
## **Charity registration number: 1062690**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Provide early years education for**
**children aged 2 years to school age.**|
|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|**Early years education**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All trustees keep themselves up to date**
**with all Charity Commission guidelines.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference|
|---|---|
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on grant making||
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on social investment||
|including program related||
|investment||
||Para 1.38|
|Contribution made by||
|volunteers||
|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|**Enhanced the education and social**
**skills of children aged 2 years to school**
**age from a wide range of ethnic**
**backgrounds.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**We continue to make a loss due to the**
**current government funding rate which**
**has not kept up with the increases in**
**minimum/living wage rates.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We maintain reserves in order to pay**
**redundancies should the setting close,**
**to ensure funds are available to**
**maintain the up keep of the building and**
**pay staff until termly funding is**
**received.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£17000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**If the funding does not increase and**
**keep inline with increases in**
**minimum/living wage rates then**
**potentially we will not survive beyond**
**the next few years.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The majority of our children receive**
**government funding (15 universal and**
**30 hours extended). We also fundraise**
**to cover everything not covered by the**
**inadequate funding rates.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Early Years Alliance constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Follow the Early Years Alliance**
**constitution**|
|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|**Nominated or volunteered at an AGM,**
**voted on by members.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Mulberry Pre-School|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1062690|
|Charity’s principal address|Mulberry Pre-School
Mulberry Road
Marchwood
Southampton
SO40 4WB|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Dervan Butler|Chairperson|Nov 21 – Feb 23||
||Neil Scott|Chairperson|Feb 23 -present||
||Simone Pattison|Secretary|Nov 21 -present||
||Josh Addison|Vice Chairperson|18 Oct 21 –present||
||Kerry Mackay-
Carey|Treasurer|Nov 21 – present||
||Catherine
Asamoah|Trustee|Nov 22 – present||
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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 n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a 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**|
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|**adviser**|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **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)** _SCPattison_ **Full name(s)** Simone Pattison **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 12 June 2024
## **MULBERRY PRE-SCHOOL END OF YEAR ACCOUNTS**
## **SEPTEMBER 2022 - AUGUST 2023**
## **INCOME**
|**INCOME**||
|---|---|
|DAF|£828.00|
|Donation|£459.65|
|Early Years Pupil Premium HCC - RESTRICTED FUNDS|£964.74|
|Fees|£36,452.12|
|Free school meal vouchers - HCC - RESTRICTED FUNDS|£180.00|
|Fundraising|£2,370.57|
|Funding HCC - 2 year old|£9,312.48|
|Funding HCC - 3/4 year old|£75,963.91|
|Grants - RESTRICTED FUNDS|£4,999.00|
|IDAIC funding HCC|£45.00|
|Nursery Milk refund|£234.14|
|Uniform Sales|£470.20|
|other|£2,874.85|
|**TOTAL MONTHLY INCOME**|**£135,154.66**|
|**EXPENDITURE**||
|---|---|
|Art Consumables|£15.37|
|DAF|£379.00|
|Early Years Alliance (PLA)|£112.11|
|Early Years Pupil Premium HCC RESTRICTED FUNDS*|£712.33|
|Free school meal vouchers - HCC RESTRICTED FUNDS|£180.00|
|Fundraising expenditure & purchases|£628.29|
|IDAIC funding HCC*||
|Insurance|£1,138.78|
|Kitchen & toilet consumables|£335.90|
|Lease|£3,500.00|
|Milk|£252.71|
|Office equipment|£29.94|
|Ofsted registration|£50.00|
|Pensions (auto enrolment admin)|£1,304.86|
|Pre-school equipment|£7.50|
|Printer (office) consumables|£23.88|
|Property enhancement|£0.00|
|Property/equipment maintenance|£227.69|
|SAGE payroll|£424.80|
|Snacks|£92.22|
|Stationery|£14.88|
|Tapestry|£168.00|
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|Tax & NI (HMRC)|£3,450.59|
|Teaching aids & resources|£159.37|
|Telephone (including internet)|£628.89|
|Training/course fees|£155.00|
|Uniform expenditure|£500.07|
|Utilities - electric|£592.00|
|Utilities - gas|£1,411.00|
|Wages|£96,102.58|
|Website|£228.46|
|Other|£162.45|
|**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|**£112,988.67**|
|Profits|£22,165.99|
*some used for wages
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
MULBERRY PRE-SCHOOL
On accounts for the year
ended
AUGUST 2023
Charity no
(if any)
1062690
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees (fft my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (Ihe Trust") for th8 year ended 3110812023.
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordan 5*th the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
nhe Acr).
I report in respect of my examination of the Twsys a¢¢ounts carried oui
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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examiner's ststement und
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I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination lotk8pth
dlesIch gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
the accounting records Vre not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charittes Act," or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirnent
that the accounts give a Irue and fairf view wthi¢h is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come a0$$ no other matters in connection
with the examination to which atterrtion should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a twer understanding of the accounts to be reached.
' Please delete the Myds in the brnckets rfthey do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
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Name:
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Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32. Independent examination of tharity accounts.. directions and
guidan for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018