## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From:** 1 Sep 2023 **Period start date To:** 31 Aug 2024 **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|
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||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**
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|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 are in a better position financially**
**this year but our profits have gone into**
**building our reserves back up after a**
**substantial outlay on building repairs.**|
|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.**
**We also need to ensure funds are**
**available to maintain the up keep of the**
**building.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£31,713.69**|
|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 for 3-4 year olds does not**
**increase and keep in line with increases**
**in minimum/living wage rates and NI**
**rates then we will always struggle to**
**remain sustainable.**|
**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 or 30**
**hours extended). We also fundraise to**
**cover everything not covered by the**
**inadequate funding rates.**|
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|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)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|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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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||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||
||Heather
Charlesworth|Trustee|Dec 23 - 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 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** 7th July 2025
## **MULBERRY PRE-SCHOOL END OF YEAR ACCOUNTS SEPTEMBER 2023 - AUGUST 2024**
## **INCOME**
|**INCOME**||
|---|---|
|DAF - restricted funds|£1,243.63|
|Donation|£597.00|
|Early Years Pupil Premium|£668.88|
|Fees|£37,610.33|
|Fundraising|£2,688.92|
|Funding HCC|£124,733.57|
|Grants - restricted funds|£16,175.00|
|milk refunds|£266.65|
|Uniform|£506.45|
|other|£2,056.69|
|**TOTAL ANNUAL INCOME**|**£186,547.12**|
|**EXPENDITURE**||
|Art Consumables|£184.59|
|DAF|£167.85|
|DBS applications|£8.59|
|Early Years Alliance (PLA)|£115.91|
|Early Years Pupil Premium|£870.59|
|Fees reimbursement|£116.60|
|Fundraising expenditure & purchases|£2,592.89|
|Grants|£16,134.87|
|Insurance|£1,022.49|
|Kitchen & toilet consumables|£570.09|
|Lease|£2,625.00|
|Milk|£266.65|
|Office equipment|£15.40|
|Ofsted registration|£50.00|
|Pensions|£2,427.46|
|Pre-school equipment|£107.47|
|Printer (office) consumables|£37.56|
|Property enhancement|£300.00|
|Property/equipment maintenance|£5,821.47|
|Resources|£425.47|
|SAGE payroll|£459.84|
|Snacks|£481.58|
|Stationery|£6.77|
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|Tapestry|£210.00|
|Tax & NI (HMRC)|£8,255.01|
|Telephone (including internet)|£1,891.58|
|Training/course fees|£763.20|
|Uniform expenditure|£793.91|
|Utilities - electric|£854.00|
|Utilities - gas|£1,368.03|
|Wages|£122,651.73|
|Website|£247.08|
|Other|£99.84|
|**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|£171,943.52|
|Excess of income over expenditure|**£14,603.60**|
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
harity Name
MULBERRY PRE-SCHOOL
On accounts for the year
ended
31 AUGUST 2024
Charlty no
(if any)
1062690
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ('the Trust") for the year ended 31 05 2oJ4-
Responslbilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basls of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of th8 Charities Act
2011 ("the Act ).
I 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, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I hav6 completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters hav8
come to my attention {
'} 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
I hav8 no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Pleasg delet8 the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Date:
Independent
examiner's ststement
Signed:
Name:
SONIA WELLS
Relevant professlonal
qualification{s) or body
(it any):
Address:
HArnPSkli
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
IER
October 2018
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examlner wlshes to
disclose.
IER
October 2018