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## Reference and administration details
Other names charity is known by
The Ark Preschool Lee nee eee nme ni RITE |
Registered charity number (if any)| 1073525
Charity's principal address |Crowthorne Baptist Church
144 High Street Crowthorne, Berkshire
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Section B Structure, governance and management
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## Description of the charity’s trusts
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Type of governing document Coratiaton
How the charity is constituted Trust
Trustee selection methods Mppomigg
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## Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- e policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- e the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- e relationship with any related parties;
- e trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## ‘Section C
## Objectives and activities
The object of the charity is toprovidea Pre-School to[facilitate] educational, physical, social and spiritual development of children under Summary of the objects of the | Statutory school age by: , , “a: charity set out in its a) offering appropriate educational and recreational facilities governing document b) actively promoting the virtues of the Christian faith affiliating to and furthering the aims of the Preschool Learning Alliance
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The Ark Preschool is a community pre-school run by a committee of
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volunteers under the umbrella of the Pre-School Learning Alliance. The
pre-school is a registered charity and aims at providing schooling tailored
to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). We can accommodate up
| to 24 children per 3-hour session.
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) |
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## Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- e policy on grantmaking;
- e policy programme related investment;
- e contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
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|Summary|of the|main|;|;|,|,|
|achievements|of the|charity|Continued|to|provide|pre-school|education|to|24|children|aged|between|2|
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|during|the|year|
|We|were|open|for|38|weeks|of|the|year,|five|mornings|a|week.|
|Continued|to|provide|training|to|all|staff.|
|The|charity|continues|to|support|itself|in|non-profit|making|ways,|
|fundraising|to|provide|additional|equipment|for the|preschool.|
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the Thecosts reservesof the preschoolpolicy is toforretaina term.sufficient£20,000 fundsis heldto coverin reserve. the operational |
charity’s policy on reserves |
Details of any funds materially | ,..
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in deficit |
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include | Government funding is the prime source of funding for the children that |
- are 3 years old and over and eligible 2 years old. Fees are charged to |
aciditional inornation, wiere those whos ssions are not covered by government fundin |
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- e how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- e investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## Section F Other optional information
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Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
## Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)| \)\O4))> FLA Full name(s) |Sarah Webb Justine Wells Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) Date 20/5/2923a Pe ae
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## The ARK PreSchool
## Summary Accounts for the Period ist January to 31st December 2024
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|Balance Brought Forward|||£55,651|£60,117|
|Heldin|CurrentAccount|‘sitJan 2024|£9,978|£15,140|
||DepositAccount|‘1stJan2024|£45,673|£44,977|
|Payments|Salaries||£47,340|£42,199|
||Income Tax/Ni||£2912|£1,024|
||Running Expenses||£2,534|£2,568|
||PettyCash||£570|£530|
||Bankcharges||£68|£67|
||Training||£95|£30|
||Rent||£2,436|£2,080|
||Uniforms||£69|£263|
||Insurance/DBS||£361|£485|
||Membership Fees/Subscriptions||£180|£166|
||Equipment||£189|£50|
||Events||£102|£0|
||Publications||£92
__£56,948|£92
£49,554|
|Receipts|GrantPayments||£63,053|£31,151|
||Fees||£15,521|£12,718|
||Nursery Milk||£79|£65|
||Bank Interest (DepositAccount)||£908|£696|
||Donations||£319|£273|
||Events||£150|£5|
||Uniform||£0|£180|
||||£80,030|£45,088|
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|Surplus /Loss|Surplus||£23,082|~£4,466|
|Balance Carried Forward|||£78.733|£55,651|
|Bank Balances|CurrentAccount|31st Dec2024|£27,152||
||DepositAccount|31stDec2024|£51,581||
||Total||£78,733||
## Signature
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} t ~“ J JS Sarah Webb Chairperson The Ark Preschool
Justine Wells Treasurer The Ark Preschool
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x CHARITY COMMISSION) Independent examiner's
FOR:: ENGLAND AND WALES report onthe accounts |
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
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On accounts for the year _ Charity no . ;
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| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 3 { / (2/202
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- Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act’).
| 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, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
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Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have
examiner's statement come to my attention fothertharrthatdisctosedbetow4 in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
| have 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.
* Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed: | in Arca nce Date:| 9/ 7/229
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qualification(s) or body _—
(if any):
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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).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.
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